The National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel is on pace this fiscal year to revive seven times more unfair labor practice cases that were brought against unions than against employers, driven in part by directives he’s issued calling for stricter rules for organized labor, according to a review of agency records and interviews with attorneys.
While exercising the discretion that general counsels have always had to reopen previously dismissed cases, Trump appointee Peter Robb last year also ordered staffers in regional offices to start pursuing charges against unions for negligent behavior, such as losing an employee complaint or not returning ...
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