Question: Potter Manufacturing Co. laid off fifteen employees because of economic conditions and lack of business. The union representing the employees at Potter subsequently discovered that the employer had laid off employees that the employer believed were most likely to honor a picket line in the event of a strike. The union filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the NLRB, alleging that the layoffs violated Sections 8(a)1 and 8(a)3. How should the NLRB rule on the complaint? See National Fabricators [295 NLRB No. 126, 131 L.R.R.M. 1761 (1989)].