Meet Jennifer Abruzzo, a new face in progressive politics
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Dear reader,
Last July, a veritable neutron bomb dropped in regional offices across
the country of the National Labor Relations Board. It came in the form
of a memo from Jennifer Abruzzo, the Board's new general counsel.
Abruzzo advised NLRB attorneys that, once a majority of workers signed
cards indicating that they wanted a union, employers should be compelled
into recognizing the union and entering into bargaining negotiations.
This followed the Joy Silk Mills case, a forgotten precedent from 1949
that had mostly been subsequently overturned.
Through this memo, Abruzzo signaled how serious she was about restoring
the basic bargain of a worker's rights on the job. Prospect editor at
large and longtime labor writer Harold Meyerson profiles Abruzzo's bid
to transform the American workplace in our latest issue.
You can read Harold's story here.
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