Biden appoints Jennifer Abruzzo as NLRB general counsel launches aggressive pro-union enforcement

President Biden appoints Jennifer Abruzzo as the new General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, replacing Peter Robb whom Biden fired on Inauguration Day. Abruzzo, a longtime NLRB staff attorney and communications workers union official, immediately signals a sharply more aggressive enforcement posture, issuing guidance to pursue novel legal theories against union-busting tactics, mandatory captive audience anti-union meetings, and Amazon's alleged interference with organizing drives. Under Abruzzo, the NLRB issues a landmark ruling in August 2023 declaring that employers must bargain with newly certified unions immediately without staging protracted delays, and files hundreds of unfair labor practice complaints against employers.