Dartmouth basketball team first college athletes to vote to join union | CNN Business

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Members of the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team Tuesday became the first college athletes to vote to join a union.

The team members voted 13-2 in favor of the union, according to the National Labor Relations Board, which oversees union representation votes for private employers.

The affirmative vote does not automatically mean that there will be a union for members of the the team. Dartmouth has already indicated it will appeal the decision by the NLRB to recognize the players as employees who are eligible to join a union.

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