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During the freedom period after a petition for certification is filed with the NLRC, a manufacturing plant with 580 employees publicly states that employees who join the union will be ineligible for the upcoming quarterly incentive; two known union organizers are reassigned to less favorable shifts; and salary adjustments for joiners are suspended. An employee joins the union during the freedom period. After the certification election, the reassignment is reversed and the salary adjustment is granted, but the bonus ban for joiners remains. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine governing the freedom period and its scope. (b) Distinguish acts that infringe the doctrine from permissible management prerogatives. (c) Based on the facts, determine whether the employer’s acts constitute unfair labor practices and discuss the possible remedies for the employee and the union.