Dartmouth College's legal battle over the unionization efforts of its men's basketball team has escalated, with the college filing an appeal with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Dartmouth's lawyers are challenging the NLRB regional director's decision to allow a union election, describing it as 'unprecedented and unwarranted'. The college's request to reopen the case was denied due to a missed filing deadline by seven days. Dartmouth's appeal argues against classifying student-athletes as employees solely based on their participation in sports, stating, "Classifying these students as employees simply because they play basketball is as unprecedented as it is inaccurate." The NLRB also denied Dartmouth's request to stay the election, with board member Marvin Kaplan dissenting, suggesting a stay of the election to allow the board to decide on this critical issue.
In its appeal request to the NLRB national board, Dartmouth skewers the regional director’s decision to allow a union election, calling it “unprecedented and unwarranted” and accusing her of exceeding her authority by creating a new definition of “employee.” https://t.co/eskUPOQLRP
The full decision from the National Labor Relations Board denying Dartmouth’s request to stay the election. Board member Marvin Kaplan opinion: "I would order a stay of the election to allow the Board to decide this issue of first impression before resources are spent on… https://t.co/bB2Ew0Hf24 https://t.co/f8bDFOmIxF
The four-member National Labor Relations Board also denied Dartmouth’s request to stay the election, which obviously happened earlier. One member of the board, Marvin Kaplan, disagreed with the decision and believes that the election should never have happened. His dissent: https://t.co/LXroZ0YGfH
Dartmouth filed a request for review with the NLRB today, so the appeal process has officially begun: https://t.co/I1kIrQhb7M
"Classifying these students as employees simply because they play basketball is as unprecedented as it is inaccurate." You bet Dartmouth plans to appeal. https://t.co/K3nkILGmVS
A motion today by Dartmouth to reopen the unionization case was rejected today by the NLRB regional director in charge. One reason, Dartmouth missed the filing deadline by seven days. https://t.co/75hOrVj1ZC
Lawyers for Dartmouth in NLRB case involving men's basketball team's unionization effort outline their version of what's at stake, as they seek permission to exceed a page-length limit for their request for review by the full board: https://t.co/6HK9e3mjuJ