 The tactics used were not merely inventive (although some had been used by employers before), but, as the NLRB argued, were specifically designed and utilized to undermine the democratic process, manipulate public opinion through deceit and terror, and violate federal law.With the union out on strike, Remington Rand quickly began consolidating its plants.The company later admitted that it had long wanted to close several of its plants, but that the union was too strong and would not have permitted it.