BCLP Lawyer in ‘Law360’ on NLRB and Likely Expansion of Workers’ Advocacy Rights

BCLP Senior Counsel Jerry Hunter was quoted Aug. 18 by Law360 concerning the incoming Democratic majority on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Experts say the board may be poised to take an expansive view of the rights employees have to raise issues of group concern in the workplace, including giving more room for workers to advocate for social causes. NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo last week that detailed the types of cases she would like the regional offices she oversees to bring forward as potential vehicles for overturning Trump-era precedent. Hunter noted that Abruzzo's choices indicate she is eyeing a broader interpretation of protected concerted activity than was taken by Peter Robb, the Trump-appointed former general counsel, and that any of those precedents could be targets for reversal when she finds the right case. "She is obviously looking for cases to present to the board to try to overturn some of the decisions that were issued during the last four years," said Hunter, a former NLRB general counsel who served during the administration of former President George H.W. Bush.