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A private university, TechNova University, with about 540 employees, issues a written policy stating that any employee who forms or joins a labor union, or participates in union activities, will be terminated. Employee Ari leads a group to form 'TechNova Unite' and posts in the university's internal portal urging collective bargaining and higher wages. A supervisor deletes the posts and warns staff not to participate. Two weeks later, Ari is suspended for alleged 'disruptive conduct' during a team meeting, and several other employees who participated in union activity receive disciplinary actions ranging from reassignment to demotion. The workers file an unfair labor practices complaint with the NLRC. The University defends by arguing that the right to organize is a major policy matter left to policymakers, and disciplining employees for union activity falls within legitimate management prerogatives. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine governing this scenario and its core proscription. (b) Distinguish legitimate management prerogatives from unfair labor practices in this context. (c) Apply the doctrine to the facts: has TechNova Unite committed unfair labor practices? What relief would be appropriate?