OnLabor

Law. Workers. Organizing.

Follow OnLabor on X
Subscribe via RSS

Tag:ncaa

February 14, 2024
News & Commentary

Jacqueline Rayfield

The American Association of University Professors signs on to a call for ceasefire in Palestine, the NLRB gives Dartmouth’s trustees extra time for a review of the board’s ruling on labor unions for NCAA athletes, and Swedish unions temporarily lift Tesla repair-shop blockade.

“Volunteer” Assistant NCAA Coaches — Can Antitrust Law Help Employees Recover When They Weren’t Compensated?

Dec 11, 2023 Vinny Parthasarathy

Vinny Parthasarathy on a recent antitrust class action lawsuit brought by collegiate sports coaches against the NCAA.

May 21, 2023
News & Commentary

Julio Colby

NLRB judge finds Starbucks manager unlawfully retaliated against lead organizer; Second Circuit skeptical that NYC just cause protections for fast food workers preempted by NLRA; NLRB GC brings case arguing college athletes protected by NLRA.

December 16, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

NLRB GC: Student-athletes are employees under NLRA

The Strike Zone—March 28, 2022

Mar 28, 2022 Alex Blutman

In long-running litigation over alleged wage violations, a federal district court ruled on a summary judgment motion that a class of Arizona-based minor league baseball players are year-round, joint employees of Major League Baseball and its clubs. The case dates to 2014, when the players sued alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and […]

The Strike Zone—February 14, 2022

Feb 14, 2022 Alex Blutman

In a first-of-its-kind case at this level, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL, New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Dolphins alleging in a proposed class action that the league and its teams have engaged in a pattern of racially discriminatory hiring practices. The NFL has a history of a […]

The Strike Zone—January 31, 2022

Jan 31, 2022 Alex Blutman

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, in which former high school football coach Joe Kennedy is challenging the school district’s ability to prohibit his practice of kneeling to pray on the field after his team’s games. The high court will hear the case after earlier denying […]

The Strike Zone—January 17, 2022

Jan 17, 2022 Alex Blutman

Good news has been hard to come by recently in the world of minor league baseball. Just this past week, MLB and its teams were named in another lawsuit, this one a proposed antitrust class action, arguing that the league illegally restrains and depresses the salaries of minor league players. Meanwhile, as the pandemic halted […]

The Strike Zone—January 3, 2022

Jan 3, 2022 Alex Blutman

The debate over the proper role for college sports and treatment of student-athletes touches on a number of important issues—whether the NCAA and universities commit antitrust violations by denying student-athletes certain benefits; whether student-athletes should legally be considered employees; whether student-athletes should be paid a salary and permitted to unionize. Attendant also to that debate […]

The Strike Zone—November 22, 2021

Nov 22, 2021 Alex Blutman

One need not look far to identify the toxic workplace cultures that seem to inevitably exist among professional sports organizations. On this blog, we’ve previously covered the Chicago Blackhawks’ failure to adequately handle an allegation of sexual misconduct, the NFL’s investigation into the Washington Football Team, and the widespread abuse that existed in the National […]

1
2
3
Older

OnLabor

Law. Workers. Organizing.

OnLabor is a blog devoted to workers, unions, and their politics. We interpret our subject broadly to include the current crisis in the traditional union movement (why union decline is happening and what it means for our society); the new and contested forms of worker organization that are filling the labor union gap; how work ought to be structured and managed; how workers ought to be represented and compensated; and the appropriate role of government — all three branches — in each of these issues.

Learn more about OnLabor

Copyright © 2024 OnLabor. All rights reserved.

OnLabor is unable to accept unsolicited submissions.

Follow OnLabor on X
Subscribe via RSS

Contact: [email protected]
Site design: Jon White Studio

Sections

All Editorial Writing
All News & Commentary
From The Editor
From Senior Contributors
Analysis From Guest Voices
OnLabor In The News
All Featured Coverage
About

Connect

Follow OnLabor on X
Subscribe via RSS

Search for: