Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders unionize, will collectively bargain with team

USA TODAY reports that the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and the team jointly announced the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Association on October 23. The Cowboys recognized the independent union, which will collectively bargain with the franchise. Sportico describes the recognition as voluntary. USA TODAY notes this is not the NFL’s first cheerleading union: the Buffalo Bills’ Jills won a 1995 labor-board ruling to form one.