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The NAM filed an amicus brief defending an employer’s right to implement and follow anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policies in an employment termination appeal. A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision reinstated a Cooper Tire employee who was fired for using racial epithets toward replacement workers while the employee was on the picket line. Employers have a moral and legal obligation to protect the employees’ right to be free from discrimination and harassment in the workplace. The NAM’s brief urged the court to reverse the NLRB decision and establish that there is no statutory protection for racist or discriminatory statements made on the picket line and that protecting these statements is contrary to federal policies against discrimination and harassment. Unfortunately, the court deferred to the NLRB’s decision because the harassment took place in the context of picket-line activities during a strike.