by CUPA-HR
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CUPA-HR General Counsel Ira Shepard’s overview this month includes Dartmouth College’s refusal to bargain with the recently unionized men’s basketball team. Dartmouth contends the student-athletes do not meet the NLRA definition of employees, which may result in the NLRB filing unfair labor practice charges. Professors at Tufts University school of medicine argue that having to raise funds for their salaries violates their contractual rights to academic freedom and to economic security. A university baseball coach’s claim of reverse discrimination is dismissed, but he is allowed to proceed with a retaliation claim against St. Edward’s University. In Anne Arundel, Maryland, the school board prevailed over a former track coach who claimed discrimination, having been fired for a verbal and physical altercation with a student. Across the country, five states have passed bans on anti-union captive-audience meetings, which will likely be challenged by litigation in some states, while bans on DEI training that have gone into effect in other states have been met with legal challenges.