Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Move Toward Union Representation
The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are unionizing, with the NFL franchise agreeing to recognize their collective bargaining representative after years of advocacy for higher pay.
Springfield Holyoke, MA, October 23, 2026 —
The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders are unionizing after the NFL franchise agreed to recognize their collective bargaining representative, according to the available summary of the development. The move follows years of advocacy by the cheerleaders for higher pay.
The agreement to recognize a representative is the central reported development. The summary does not identify the representative, say when recognition was agreed, or provide details about the next steps in the unionizing process. It also does not specify the cheerleaders’ current pay, the amount of any requested increase, or whether discussions over a collective bargaining agreement have begun.
The reported advocacy focused on compensation. No additional demands or proposed changes to working conditions were included in the summary, and it did not describe the franchise’s reasons for agreeing to recognition. The terms of the recognition agreement, including its scope, were not provided.
Unionization would give the cheerleaders a collective representative in negotiations, but the available information does not establish what terms, if any, may ultimately be negotiated. No contract outcome or timeline was reported.
The development marks a change in the franchise’s relationship with the cheerleaders’ collective bargaining representative, while important details remain undisclosed in the information available. The date of the agreement, the representative’s identity, the size of the group involved and any planned negotiations were not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by JAMIE STENGLE and JOSH FUNK, Associated Press on www.wwlp.com, see more information here.
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