Carrington South Health Care Center, Inc., Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/cross-Petitioner

CLELAND, District Judge.

Employees at Petitioner’s nursing home voted to unionize, and Petitioner filed objections to the union’s campaign methods with NLRB’s Regional Director, asserting that the methods included racially inflammatory appeals. The Regional Director conducted an investigation, but conducted no hearing before overruling Petitioner’s objections and certifying the union. The NLRB refused to review the Regional Director’s decision, determining that Petitioner “raised no substantial issue warranting review.” Petitioner subsequently declined the union’s overtures to bargain, and the…