Punching In: Labor Board Notches Wins With Injunction Strategy

Nov. 27, 2023, 10:30 AM UTC

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

10(j) Injunctions |'Fair Chance’ Legislation

Robert Iafolla: Soon after Jennifer Abruzzo started running the National Labor Relations Board’s legal arm in the summer of 2021, she pledged to aggressively seek federal court orders to immediately halt employers’ unfair labor practices.

While the NLRB has initiated bids to obtain injunctions at a higher rate under Abruzzo than her Trump-era predecessor, she hasn’t brought the agency back to the levels seen during the Obama administration.

Viewed by some labor lawyers as the teeth of the NLRA, 10(j) injunctions—named after the section of the National Labor ...

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