Top NLRB Lawyer Rolls Back Broad Slate of Trump-Era Policies (1)

The NLRB’s new top lawyer dumped a slew of Trump-era changes to the agency’s enforcement of federal labor law, including several that had intensified its policing of unions.

Acting General Counsel Peter Sung Ohr rolled back 10 separate directives issued by ex-General Counsel Peter Robb, the hard-charging former management attorney who led the National Labor Relations Board’s legal arm from November 2017 until he was fired the day President Joe Biden was inaugurated.

The memos were rescinded because they’re “inconsistent” with the National Labor Relations Act’s stated goal of encouraging collective bargaining and protecting workers’ rights, or because they’re ...