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April 6, 2014
News & Commentary

Kirsten Bass

The Wall Street Journal reports that, during his address to the Final Four, the president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) acknowledged that the organization needs to change, but said that a union of college athletes is a “grossly inappropriate solution.” This is a direct response to a recent ruling by the regional director […]

April 4, 2014
News & Commentary

Emily Cusick

The Wall Street Journal reports that professional track and field athletes are preparing for collective action against USA Track & Field that might cause some athletes to boycott the U.S. national track and field championships in June. Tensions have steadily risen throughout 2014, which peaked after a pair of “controversial decisions” at the indoor national track and field championships in February. […]

April 3, 2014
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

In political news, yesterday in McCutcheon v. FEC the Supreme Court eliminated the overall limit on the amount of money any one person can give to a political candidate or party. The 5-4 decision broke along predictable conservative versus liberal lines. The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and SCOTUSblog all have coverage. The Los Angeles Times reports that 20 students were arrested […]

April 2, 2014
News & Commentary

Brad King

According to a report released by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and major consulting firm Booz Allen, the federal government could face a serious crisis if it doesn’t correct how it manages the nation’s more than 2 million civil servants. As Politico explains, the report marks the culmination of over a year of research […]

April 1, 2014
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

The Associated Press reports that Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam tied tax credits, grants, and other funding for Chattanooga-based Volkswagen to the failure of United Auto Workers’ unionization drive. WTVF-TV of Nashville has acquired an August 23, 2013 document stating that a $300 million dollar package for Volkswagen was “subject to works council discussions between the […]

March 31, 2014
News & Commentary

Alison Deich

The Washington Post reports that the federal minimum wage has become a contested political issue. Congressional Democrats, who represent more low-wage workers than Congressional Republicans, are making a big push to raise the minimum wage. By contrast, Republicans are working to keep the minimum wage stable; they argue that wage increases will result in job […]

March 30, 2014
News & Commentary

Rebecca Chang

The Wall Street Journal reports that Major League Baseball and its players union have reached an agreement on drug testing and penalties, raising standards in a joint effort to eradicate doping. The UAW has gained the support of pastors and students as it turns efforts to unionization of a 5,000+ worker Nissan plant in Canton, […]

March 28, 2014
News & Commentary

Greg Baltz

Today’s news features continued coverage of the Chicago regional director of the National Labor Relations Board’s ruling that football players at Northwestern University are employees under the National Labor Relations Act. In a series of articles, the New York Times evaluates the potential long term impact of unionization on college sports and suggests that the […]

March 27, 2014
News & Commentary

Rachel Homer

Yesterday, the Chicago regional director of the NLRB ruled that football players at Northwestern are employees of the university, and are therefore entitled to unionize. Niko’s excellent post yesterday explained this new development. We previously covered the football player’s unionization drive, and some of the potential implications of NCAA unions. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times also […]

March 26, 2014
News & Commentary

Nikolas Bowie

A labor dispute between a state regulator, a shipping association, and the longshoremen’s union in New York Harbor has escalated to federal court, the Wall Street Journal reports. On one side of the fight is the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, which was formed in 1953 to root out mob influence and is responsible for overseeing […]

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