Opportunity Homes, Inc., Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/cross-Petitioner

I enter my dissent to Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Richard H. Beddow, Jr.’s disingenuous review of the evidence developed during the course of the trial of this cause and his result-oriented opinion as affirmed by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

*1522To prove unlawful discharge in retaliation for activities protected by the federal labor statutes, the NLRB HAS THE INITIAL BURDEN OF PROVING BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE that an employee’s protected conduct constituted a “substantial or motivating factor in the discharge” of an employee. Thereafter, the burden shifts to the employer…