President Trump expelled the general advisor of the National Board of Labor Relations on Monday night, said the agency, indicating a change in the relatively expansive approach to the Biden administration to enforce workers’ rights.
Jennifer Abruzzo, the former agency’s lawyer, is widely seen as after having adopted a more aggressive approach than her predecessors to carry out the NLRB mandate to enforce the rights of private sector employees to unionize and take action collective
Mrs. Abruzzo, who had been serving as the main prosecutor of the Board since July 2021, caused a violent reaction from many corporate America to analyze non -competitive agreements, prohibit mandatory anti -communion meetings and increase pressure on companies to negotiate with unionized employees, among other actions, among other actions. in support of workers.
In a statement announcing his departure, Mrs. Abruzzo praised the agency’s efforts under the Biden administration to empower workers to collectively search for salaries, benefits and working conditions improvements. Under his leadership, the NLRB prosecuted complaints against companies such as Starbucks, Amazon and Tesla.
“You don’t have to put that genius again in the bottle,” Abruzzo said. “If the agency does not completely carry out its Congress mandate in the future as we did during my mandate, I hope that workers with the help of their defenders take matters in their own hands to obtain a well -deserved dignity and respect in the workplace In the workplace. “
Labor Law experts expected President Trump to fire Mrs. Abruzzo, given her appointment of relatively friendly officials with business during her first mandate in the White House. President Biden expelled Peter Robb, a lawyer who served as NLRB general advisor during President Trump’s first mandate, shortly after his inauguration in 2021.
Trump retired Mrs. Abruzzo only a few hours after the first high -profile union choice of the second Trump administration. Whole Foods Market workers in Philadelphia voted on Monday to form the first union in the Amazon supermarket chain.
Amazon met on the NLRB cross several times during the mandate of Mrs. Abruzzo. The electronic commerce giant was beaten with a formal complaint that discovered that it is a joint employer of subcontracting delivery drivers, a problem that probably moves to the second Trump administration.
The NLRB declined to say when President Trump would appoint a new general lawyer to play the role of Mrs. Abruzzo. His decision to shake the leadership in the NLRB occurs in the middle of a broader purge of federal officials since its inauguration last week.
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