Update: Student-Athletes’ Newest Effort to Unionize – Dartmouth Men’s Basketball’s Petition to the NLRB
By Christina Stylianou & Gregg E. Clifton, of Lewis Brisbois
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team has filed a petition to unionize with Region 1 of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), and its Regional Director Laura Sacks. The petition seeks to allow the 15 members of the team, excluding managers and supervisors, to join and become members of the Service Employees International Union (“SEIU”), Local 560, based in Hanover, New Hampshire. This local has seen