Read case study #$3$ on $"$Is Body Language Protected Activity?" found on pages $147-148.$ After reading the case answer the following questions:

Are the nurses covered by the NLRA? Remember that the NLRA excludes supervisors from protection under the act using the following definition: $2(11)$ The term "supervisor" means any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.

Create a list of possible reasons that the three nurses were fired. Determine whether each reason is protected by Section $7.$

If you were a member of the NLRB$,$ would you rule that HCR violated Section $8(a)(1)$ of the NLRB by discharging the three nurses $($assuming that they are covered by the NLRA$)?$ Why or why not?

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