Opinion ID: 433601
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Unlawful Statements and Threats.

Text: 10 The Company contends that the Board erred in concluding that it violated section 8(a)(1) of the Act. Rowan and White denied making the unlawful statements attributed to them by various employees who testified at the hearing before the ALJ. The Board adopted the ALJ's determination crediting the employees' testimony that the statements had been made. We find no ground for overturning the Board's credibility determination. See, e.g., NLRB v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., 675 F.2d 1004, 1006 (8th Cir.1982). 11 An employer violates section 8(a)(1) of the Act if it engages in conduct which reasonably tends to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the free exercise of their rights under the Act. Russell Stover Candies, Inc. v. NLRB, 551 F.2d 204, 208 (8th Cir.1977). We agree with the Board that the statements in question, made by top management personnel in the St. Louis operation, had a foreseeable coercive impact and constituted a violation of section 8(a)(1). 12