Dartmouth Players Vote for Union in First for College Sports (1)

The Dartmouth College men’s basketball team has voted to unionize with the Service Employees International Union, becoming the first group of organized student athletes in the nation.

The players voted 13-2 Tuesday to be represented by SEIU Local 560 in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.

The result follows months of litigation around whether the athletes should be considered employees of the college under the National Labor Relations Act, culminating in a Feb. 5 decision from an NLRB official that they are. The case will likely send shock waves through the collegiate sports system ...