NLRB General Counsel Signals Renewed Push to Overturn Precedents

National Labor Relations Board regional directors should send cases to the board that could be used to overturn more than a dozen precedents, the agency’s top lawyer said in a memo Monday.

NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo urged the officials to pursue cases pertaining to 15 precedents, including doctrines that dictate compensation for workers when an employer refuses to bargain in good faith and define what are considered intermittent strikes.

Abruzzo has signaled her intent to overturn these precedents since 2021, but Monday’s memo suggests that agency lawyers are still missing vehicles to set new legal standards for labor ...