AUG 17, 2015 at 5:01p ET
AUG 17, 2015 at 5:01p ET
CHICAGO (AP) Some key dates in the push by Northwestern University football players to create the first-of-its-kind college athletes' union:
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- Jan. 29, 2014: Then-Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter and the United Steelworkers announce plans to create the first union for college athletes at the school north of Chicago. Colter calls the NCAA a ''dictatorship.''
- Feb. 12, 2014: The National Labor Relations Board begins several days of hearings in Chicago on whether to declare Wildcat football players university employees - the first critical step toward unionization.