Will You Be a Victim of the Law—or Lethargy?

Abstract

The one name that has immediately caught the attention of employers interested in maintaining union‐free status in the past year or so has been Jennifer Abruzzo, the current General Counsel for the NLRB. In this role, it is her responsibility to enforce the existing labor law. However, the power of the position also allows for initiatives to bring cases upon which the NLRB can change existing law. Depending on the political party in power and the majority control of the labor board, such changes in the law can be pro‐employer or pro‐union. In recent years, the law has developed in favor of the latter.