Labor Relations: Striking a Balance 4th Edition by John Budd

Exercise 11

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.