Breaking: Northwestern University Football Players Cannot Form a Union, NLRB Rules

Breaking: Northwestern Football Players Cannot Form a Union –NLRB rules they are students not employees NLRB rules Northwestern football players cannot unionize http://t.co/vg2fa4UTBk pic.twitter.com/DmVhM2cvuM— Bleacher Report CFB (@BR_CFB) August 17, 2015 Northwestern football players filed a petition in January 2014 demanding the school recognize the athletes as “employees.” The National Labor Relations Board in Chicago changed the definition of employee in March of 2014 to include student-athlete.