On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen rescinded a series of memoranda issued by his predecessor, Jennifer Abruzzo, including regarding remedies, rights of college athletes, restrictive covenants, union recognition, and others. The move effectively reshapes federal labor law and signals a new policy direction for the NLRB under the Trump administration.
In Memorandum GC 25-05, the newly installed acting general counsel rescinded at least eighteen prior general counsel memos and named more that are “rescinded pending further review,” including Memorandum GC 25-04, which was issued just days before President Donald Trump took office and addressed the enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in conjunction with federal equal opportunity laws.
“Over the past few years, our dedicated and talented staff have worked diligently to process an ever-increasing workload,” Acting General Counsel Cowen said in the memo. “Notwithstanding these efforts, we have seen our backlog of cases grow to the point where it is no longer sustainable. The unfortunate truth is that if we attempt to...
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