Opinion ID: 682429
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Interrogation, Threats and Other Section 8(a)(1) Violations

Text: 14 The NLRB relied on the testimony of several witnesses to support its conclusion that the Company had committed numerous violations of section 8(a)(1) through interrogation and threats. Credited testimony included: (1) statements of Johnson and two other former supervisors that in March 1990 Varner and two other Company officials met with Hattiesburg supervisors and told them to interrogate employees about their Union sympathies; 7 (2) Johnson's statement that, in accordance with instructions from Company officials, he informed employees that they could get in the Company's good graces by sending a letter withdrawing their support; 8 (3) statements by employees Cole, Temple, Jones, and Eloise Phillips that Varner declared in several employee meetings that the Union could cause pay to go back to minimum wage, which would result in employees losing various benefits; and (4) Cole's statement that in February 1990 McDonald warned her she could lose her job because of her Union activities. 15 We find that the credited testimony of these witnesses provides substantial evidence to support the NLRB's conclusion that the Company violated section 8(a)(1) by threats, interrogation, and coercive solicitation.