Football players at Northwestern University will vote today whether to unionize, but the ballots won’t be counted until the five politically appointed members of the National Labor Relations Board decide if the student-athletes are in fact university employees.
The NLRB was under no obligation at this point in the proceedings to review the March 26 decision by a regional director allowing the election. However, labor lawyers said they were not surprised that the members opted to make their position clear on such a high-profile issue sooner rather than later.
