Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations



Labor and Employment Law Program Offered in conjunction with Cornell Law SchoolThe Trump NLRB:Its Impact on Workers, Employers, and UnionsNovember 13, 2019SPEAKER BIOSJennifer AbruzzoJennifer Abruzzo is currently Special Counsel for Strategic Initiatives for the Communication Workers of America. Until her retirement in December 2017, Ms. Abruzzo worked for 23 years for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). As the NLRB’s Deputy General Counsel, she was the chief advisor to Presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed General Counsel Richard F. Griffin, Jr., as well as his internal and external representative on all legal, operational, administrative, and financial matters. During her long tenure with the NLRB, Ms. Abruzzo worked as a trial attorney, supervisory attorney and deputy regional attorney in Miami, Florida, before transferring to its Headquarters in Washington, DC, where she oversaw operations there, as well as in the NLRB’s Northeast and Midwest offices. Marshall B. BabsonMarshall B. Babson is Counsel at Seyfarth Shaw, LLP. Mr. Babson assists companies in achieving their strategic business goals in the employee relations sector by devising, creating, and implementing top-notch employee relations policies and programs. Typically, this involves consultation, due diligence, litigation, or collective bargaining.Mr. Babson has more than four decades of hands-on experience, including service as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board during the Reagan Administration. Throughout his career, he has participated in labor relations matters at all levels, including the regulatory and decisional aspects of labor law at the NLRB.Through collective bargaining and cooperative working relationships that preserve value and efficiency, Mr. Babson has assisted companies, both foreign and domestic, in aligning their business models to 21st-century practices. Such representations have included several of the largest entertainment conglomerates and logistics companies in the US, French, and Australian construction and stevedoring businesses, and the largest private equity firms in the US and Switzerland.Mr. Babson believes that perhaps the most important criterion in delivering inventive, creative, and sometimes-unexpected value to clients is to listen very carefully to the C-suite executives explain their strategic goals and long-term business plans. Gathering such data is critical to synthesizing one's experience as a labor law professional to the benefit of the client.When asked what he loves most about Seyfarth, Mr. Babson said, "The ability to interact on a daily basis with the finest labor law practitioners in the field. The cumulative experience of this distinguished group virtually guarantees that clients will have the benefit of hundreds of years of experience in dealing with their particular matters."Mr. Babson earned his J.D from Columbia University Law School and his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.Linda R. CarlozziLinda R. Carlozzi is a Principal in the New York City, New York office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She joined the firm in 1997 and?focuses her practice on?traditional labor law.Ms. Carlozzi counsels clients in the development and implementation of preventive labor and employee relations programs. She advises both unionized and union-free clients on a full range of labor and employee relations matters, with a focus on traditional labor law. She has represented numerous employers during arbitration proceedings and negotiations. Ms. Carlozzi also counsels employers during union organizing drives and in labor and employment law proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and other federal, state, and city administrative agencies. She regularly represents employers in collective bargaining, provides advice on a diverse range of workplace issues, such as those relating to corporate transactions and best workplace practices, and conducts management training on a broad range of topics.Ms. Carlozzi began her labor law career at the National Labor Relations Board, Office of Appeals, in Washington D.C. in 1989. In 1991, she transferred to the Philadelphia Region of the National Labor Relations Board, where she was responsible for investigating all aspects of unfair labor practice cases and representation matters as well as handling trials before Administrative Law Judges on behalf of the General Counsel of the NLRB.Ms. Carlozzi earned her J.D. from Catholic University of America and her B.A. from Fordham University. She is an avid theater, music, and Yankees fan.Daniel R. RatnerDaniel J. Ratner (George Washington University, B.A., 1969; New School University, M.A., Economics, 1973; Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1982) is a senior partner at Levy Ratner. He began his career in labor with twelve years as an organizer for 1199SEIU and the UAW. His legal career has spanned over 25 years, during which time he has represented a variety of unions in the profit and not-for-profit sectors, including SEIU, Teamsters, and the UAW. He currently serves as General Counsel to 1199SEIU, representing over 300,000 healthcare workers.Mr. Ratner has litigated labor disputes extensively before the NLRB and the federal courts. He was a member of the AFL-CIO national litigation team that established the health care bargaining unit rules through NLRB rule making and subsequent litigation up to the United States Supreme Court. He has participated in national oral arguments before the NLRB on the issues of RN supervisory status (Providence Alaska Medical Center, 1996 NLRB Lexis 440 [July 10, 1996], 1997 NLRB Lexis 755 [Sept. 15, 1997], 1999 NLRB Lexis 914 [May 5, 1999]); independent contractor status (Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corp., 326 NLRB 884 [1998]), and joint employee status of agency workers (M.B. Sturgis, Inc., 331 NLRB 1298 [2000]). He is responsible for the legal victory that initially established the right of graduate teaching assistants to organize under the NLRA in?New York University, 332 NLRB 1205 (2000).Mr. Ratner has extensive negotiating experience in the profit and not-for-profit sectors. Among the agreements he has bargained is the master contract between 1199SEIU and the League of Voluntary Hospitals, a multi-billion dollar contract covering approximately 150,000 workers in over 100 hospitals and nursing homes. ................
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