Opinion ID: 468822
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: March 15 Threat.

Text: 9 On March 15, the Company's general manager called Evans's supervisors to his office and informed them that Evans had been passing out union information and harassing employees during working hours. He instructed them to warn Evans that this was impermissible. The supervisors then met with Evans and informed him that he would be discharged if he continued to engage in union activities during working hours. 10 The ALJ concluded that these Company actions violated the Act because (1) he discredited the testimony that Evans was spending an inordinate amount of time on soliciting for the Union, was harassing other employees and was falling behind in his work; (2) the Company allowed solicitation during work-time for betting pools, charitable gifts and, most significantly, for the anti-union I'm for Vought Committee; and (3) the Company did not have a company-wide rule against solicitation. The Board affirmed. 11 The Company contends that the ALJ and the Board erred in finding a violation of the Act because the permitted solicitations did not interfere with production, whereas Evans's solicitation did because he harassed and intimidated employees. The Board responds that this Court should defer to the ALJ's credibility findings that Evans's union solicitation did not have an adverse impact on employee production. In addition, it notes that the Company allowed its anti-union committee to solicit on Company time. We agree with the Board, and grant enforcement of its finding that the March 15 warning violated section 8(a)(1) of the Act. 12