Assume that before the company allowed the Carpenters Union to hold the recruitment meeting and have employees vote, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a statement that the presence of the employer while employees vote for a new union (or to renew a union contract) would be considered a violation of labor laws. In the letter, the NLRB stated that this policy change was implemented because the NLRB had received several complaints from employees across the nation that the presence of management in the room while voting occurred created tremendous pressure to vote in a particular way. The primary goal of this change was to protect the employees from subtle, but very real, pressure. The NLRB met with several leaders of unions and major employers with unionized employees before making the decision. 1. Given these facts, the NLRB's decision___be arbitrary and capricious.
2. Why? The NLRBsignificant justification for the change in policy.