The Show Can’t Go On: NLRB Denies Union Request for Review of Decision Finding Brown University MFA Students are Not Employees

In a recent case involving the application of the Board’s standard for the employee status of graduate students, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) denied a request for review of a Regional Director’s (“RD”) decision finding that graduate students seeking a Masters of Fine Arts (“MFA”) degree in acting and directing at Brown University are not employees under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA” or the “Act”). Brown University, Case No. 01-RC-305104 (Aug. 9, 2024)....
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