Charlotte Garden
Charlotte Garden
Professor of Law
Julius E. Davis Professor of Law

Prof. Charlotte Garden Quoted by The American Prospect on NLRB's Slow-Paced Decision Making

Professor Charlotte Garden was quoted in an article by The American Prospect on the National Labor Relations Board's notably slow pace when making decision for cases under its review. Currently under a Democratic majority, there was an expectation amongst labor law experts that the current NLRB would be moving a much faster pace. While many place the blame of the board's indecision on Republican members drawing out the review process, Democratic members have also been accused of not effectively driving the cases forward, often due to excessive word-smithing. All of this comes at a time where American workers are attempting to reckon with the fact that work conditions are more integrated in their personal lives than ever before. Professor Garden shared, "Working conditions during the pandemic brought home to a lot of workers, including workers that don’t think of themselves as part of the working class, that employers have unanswerable power to set conditions.”