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Agenda
NCAA’s Big 10 Conference History
Definition Understanding
• Labor Union by John Budd
• Collective Bargaining by John Budd
• Employee by Section 2(3) of NLRA
NLRB Case: Northwestern University v. College Athletes Players Association (CAPA)
Where are they all now?
Questions & Answers
• References
NCAA Big 10 History/Background
Began on January 11, 1895
University of Chicago, University of Illinois, University of
Michigan, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University,
and University of Wisconsin initial members
Was named the Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association
The media started to call it the “Big Ten” in the early 1900’s but
did not officially adopt the name until 1987
Has grown to 14 universities including Rutgers University,
Maryland University, University of Nebraska, and University of
Chicago
Definition Understanding
Labor Union
Group of workers who join together to influence the nature of their employment
Able to work for that group of workers as so an individual worker does not feel over powered by management and able to voice his/her collective concerns in order to enhance, not just the business but their personal lives as well
Collective Bargaining
Representatives of the employer and the employee negotiate the terms and conditions of employment that will apply to the employees
Allows workers and employers to reach a voluntary agreement on a wide range of topics, such as compensation, off days, benefits, and even grievance practices
Definition Understanding – cont.
“include[s] any employee, and shall not be limited to the employees of a particular employer, unless the Act explicitly states otherwise, and shall include any individual whose work has ceased as a consequence of, or in connection with, any current labor dispute or because of any unfair labor practice, and who has not obtained any other regular and substantially equivalent employment, but shall not include any individual employed as an agricultural laborer, or in the domestic service of any family or person at his home, or any individual employed by his parent or spouse, or any individual having the status of an independent contractor, or any individual employed as a supervisor, or any individual employed by an employer subject to the Railway Labor Act, as amended from time to time, or by any other person who is not an employer as herein defined”
Employee
NLRB Case: Northwestern University v. College Athletes Players Association (CAPA)
Founded in 1892
Private university in Evansville, Illinois
Strong academic and athletic presence in the higher educational arena for well over 160 years
Labor organization established to assert student-athletes’ status as employees with the right to collectively bargain for basic securities
Co-founded by Ramogi Huma and Kain Colter in January of 2014
Northwestern v. CAPA cont.
CAPA saw to show that the football players should be known as employees of Northwestern, which in turn would give them the right to unionize and collectively bargain for improved health and safety, financial support, and other terms and conditions of employment relationship with Northwestern, the Big 10 Conference, and the NCAA
NLRB regional director Peter Ohr’s decision stated that “the extensive and undisputed record shows that Northwestern scholarship football players are “employees” within the meaning of Section 2(3) of the NLRA”
Where are they now? In a unanimous decision of Northwestern’s Request for Review of the Regional Director’s Decision, a five-
member group of the NLRB dismissed the petition of the football players who were seeking to unionize on the 17th of August, 2015
Five-member board exclaims that the NLRA gives the NLRB power over private industry and Northwestern is the only private university in the other 13 public universities membership of the Big 10 Conference
Since the Northwestern players voted whether to certify as a union after Director Ohr’s decision last year, those ballots were impounded pending this ruling and will not be counted
NCAA has changed its governance structure to allow an increase in the value of athletic scholarships and a four-year guarantee
Many conferences and universities have started to offer a more comprehensive health care package, including Northwestern
References
Bennett, B. (2014, MAR 26). Northwestern Players get Union Vote. ESPN.com. Retrieved from http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10677763/northwestern-wildcats-football-players-win-bid-unionize. (Accessed 21 OCT 2015).
Big Ten History. (2015, JUL). CBSi Advance Media. Retrieved from http://www.bigten.org/ trads/big10-trads.html. (Accessed 7 NOV 2015).
Budd, J. W. (2013). Labor Relations: Striking a Balance, 4th Edition. New York City, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Northwestern University v. College Athletes Players Association (CAPA). (2014, APR 24). NLRB No. 13-RC-121359.
Northwestern University v. College Athletes Players Association (CAPA). (2015, AUG 12). NLRB No. 13-RC-121359.
Strauss, B. (2015, AUG 17). N.L.R.B. Rejects Northwestern Football Players’ Union Bid. The New York Times Company. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/18/sports/ncaafootball/nlrb-says-northwestern-football-players-cannot-unionize.html?_r=0. (Accessed 14 NOV 2015).