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.
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