New NLRB Top Lawyer Ditches Second Set of Trump Policies (1)

A second batch of Trump-era NLRB policies landed in the dustbin on Tuesday, as the agency’s new top lawyer tossed out directives discouraging the use of investigative subpoenas and restricting labor board personnel from speaking to the public.

The National Labor Relations Board’s operations and management division, acting under the direction of Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr, rolled back two operations memos that had been issued during the tenure of Ohr’s Trump-appointed predecessor, Peter Robb.

Rescinding the two operations memos gives back autonomy to regional directors who lead NLRB offices across the country.

Tuesday’s rollbacks followed Ohr’s withdrawal of ...