Jennifer Abruzzo, a former union official and current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) General Counsel (GC), is actively working to make U.S. labor law more union-friendly. Her position as GC—which gives her unreviewable discretion to decide which alleged labor law violations to prosecute, and by extension, the legal theories on which the Board will rule—affords her the potential opportunity to significantly influence national labor policy. This memorandum discusses Ms. Abruzzo’s latest labor policy pronouncements and the likely practical impacts if they wind up being implemented.
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