Lansing lawmakers are trying to block student athletes at public universities in Michigan from joining labor unions to negotiate compensation and benefits like healthcare, the Detroit News reports.
The Republic-controlled House on Tuesday passed legislation blocking students from joining unions by a vote of 59-50. The bill now goes before the Senate.
Chad Livengood of the Detroit News writes:
House Bill 6074 is largely a response to attempts by scholarship football players at Northwestern University in Illinois to become recognized as employees with the right to bargain collectively for compensation. Some student athletes argue that they are getting shortchanged while colleges make millions of dollars off them.
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