Michigan Legislature Set To Ban College Athletes From Unionizing

As the battle to win labor rights for college athletes continues at the federal level, a state lawmaker in Michigan last week introduced legislation that would keep athletes at the state’s top universities from organizing to join unions.

The state House of Representatives quickly approved the legislation during a lame-duck session Tuesday in a party-line vote, with Republicans voting in favor and Democrats voting against it.

Now that it has passed the state House, the state Senate will consider the bill before it adjourns for the year on Dec. 18, according to the Detroit News. The state Senate is overwhelmingly controlled by Republicans, and Michigan has been at the center of efforts to curb unions in recent years. Gov. Rick Snyder ® signed a so-called right-to-work bill into law in 2012.

“I don’t have my finger on the pulse of the legislature,” said Robert McCormick, a Michigan State University law professor who has co-authored a 2006 academic paper about why college athletes should be recognized as employees under federal labor law. “But it wouldn’t surprise me [if it passed].”

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