While Joe Biden’s reputation as a friend of labor is often grossly overstated, his administration’s stance toward the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) could provide some welcome breathing room for union organizers in the years to come.

Part of the 1935 Wagner Act, the NLRB was established as an agency to protect workers’ rights to organize and engage in collective bargaining. Though the institution rarely makes for sexy headlines, it is where the Biden administration so far has had the most significant impact on the labor movement.

Just hours after his inauguration, Biden took the unprecedented move of firing NLRB general counsel Peter Robb before his term was up. A Donald Trump appointee, Robb presided over perhaps the most anti-worker NLRB in the country’s history. The board enthusiastically pursued a corporate wish list developed by the Chamber of Commerce and overturned scores of precedents that favored workers.