Top Labor Board Lawyer Blasted by Agency’s Field Staff Union

The union representing National Labor Relations Board field staffers accused General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo of exacerbating the agency’s ongoing staffing crisis by trying to bring back pre-pandemic remote working arrangements.

Abruzzo, who serves as personnel chief for most of the NLRB’s staff, informed the National Labor Relations Board Union that the agency will let lapse a policy that’s allowed staffers more opportunities to work from home, the union said in a series of tweets Thursday.

The field staffer union making public accusations against Abruzzo highlights the importance of remote work as the pandemic grinds on. The union has been in ...