Dartmouth College Men’s Basketball Team Files to Unionize (1)

Players of Dartmouth College’s Men’s Basketball team have petitioned to unionize in a move that, if successful, could be a first in Division One college athletics.

In their Wednesday filing, organizers are petitioning to represent what they say is a group of 15 employees, a number that matches the entire team according to the Dartmouth College roster. A spokesperson for the National Labor Relations Board confirmed the filing.

Football players at Northwestern University previously sought to unionize in 2014, but their effort was ultimately dismissed by the NLRB after the university said they were not employees.

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