Biden’s handpicked NLRB general counsel makes a huge move regarding the status of college athletes
http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/09/29/bidens-handpicked-nlrb-general-counsel-makes-a-huge-move-regarding-the-status-of-college-athletes/
This is big.
Jennifer Abruzzo, the general counsel at National Labor Relations Board, just issued a memo arguing that college athletes are workers and thus eligible to unionize:
Dave Jamieson ~ Here we go: Biden’s new general counsel at the NLRB, Jennifer Abruzzo, has just released a memo arguing that college athletes are workers eligible to unionize. She also says misleading them to believe otherwise is a violation of the NLRA. Full memo: http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2021/09/29/615471d2e4b099230d1ddf1d.pdf
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Abruzzo also said she “will pursue cases against schools that misclassify players as ‘student-athletes,’ on the grounds that it creates a chilling effect and discourages them from asserting their rights”:
Dave Jamieson ~ Abruzzo says she will pursue cases against schools that misclassify players as "student-athletes," on the grounds that it creates a chilling effect and discourages them from asserting their rights. So I suspect we'll be hearing that phrase a lot less from presidents and AD's:
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