Ready, Set, Go! NLRB’s New General Counsel Outlines Ambitious Pro-Union Agenda

Employers who follow this blog know the NLRB is set to have a pro-union majority beginning on Aug. 28, 2021. After that date, employers should expect the NLRB to start taking aim at a panoply of employer-friendly rulings and standards. On Aug. 12, newly appointed General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo took the first step in advancing that pro-union shift by outlining her ambitious agenda in a 10-page memo to NLRB staff across the country. As the NLRB’s top prosecutor with the ability to control which cases and issues are investigated and pursued, Abruzzo wields significant power.