Michael Tarm, Associated PressLGBTQ+Court: Civil Rights Law Prohibits Discrimination of LGBTCHICAGO — A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53-year-old law. The 8-to-3 decision by the full 7th U.S. Circuit […]April 5, 2017HomeNorthwestern University Football Players Win Round 1 in Bid to UnionizeThe Chicago district of the NLRB ruled Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University are employees of the school and eligible to vote to unionize.March 26, 2014SportsNorthwestern University Defends Football Program’s AcademicsNorthwestern University officials urged a federal agency to deny a bid by the school’s football players to form the first college athletes’ union in U.S. history.February 20, 2014StudentsEconomist: Pay Biggest Difference between NFL, College FootballThe National Labor Relations Board is considering whether Northwestern football players have the right to unionize.February 19, 2014StudentsHearings Begin to Consider if College Players are EmployeesA federal agency kicked off the first in a series of hearings on whether to approve a bid by Northwestern University football players to unionize.February 12, 2014StudentsCollege Athletes Form Union Against NCAA ‘Dictatorship’Northwestern University’s quarterback and the United Steelworkers announced plans Tuesday to form the first labor union for college athletes—the latest salvo in the bruising fight over whether amateur players should be paid.January 28, 2014Page 1 of 1
