Category: labor studies

Politics in the nation’s capital: Meet us in DC at APSA

By Brendan Coyne As people across the world grapple with such issues as the Islamic State and continued hostilities between Palestinians and the Israeli state to institutionalized discrimination and militarized police to climate change and unstable governments, the world's largest collection of political scientists meets this week in Washington, D.C. We're happy to be here supporting…

Politics in the nation’s capital: Meet us in DC at APSA

By Brendan Coyne As people across the world grapple with such issues as the Islamic State and continued hostilities between Palestinians and the Israeli state to institutionalized discrimination and militarized police to climate change and unstable governments, the world's largest collection of political scientists meets this week in Washington, D.C. We're happy to be here supporting…

Regarding the recent NLRB decision and college sports

Guest post by Michael A. Olivas On March 26, 2014, National Labor Relations Board Chicago regional director Peter Ohr held that Northwestern’s football players were employees and, as a result, eligible to vote whether they would unionize. Ohr wrote, “It is clear that the scholarships the players receive are compensation for the athletic services they perform…

Regarding the recent NLRB decision and college sports

Guest post by Michael A. Olivas On March 26, 2014, National Labor Relations Board Chicago regional director Peter Ohr held that Northwestern’s football players were employees and, as a result, eligible to vote whether they would unionize. Ohr wrote, “It is clear that the scholarships the players receive are compensation for the athletic services they perform…