HERE

Plaintiff The Monterey Plaza Hotel appeals from a judgment in favor of defendants Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Local 483 (HERE), Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International, AFL-CIO, (HERE International), and Maya Holmes, after the trial court granted their special motion to strike plaintiff’s defamation complaint. (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16.) Plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in striking its complaint, because it established a prima facie showing to support its claim. We affirm.

Statement of Facts

On June 21, 1995, HERE filed unfair labor practice charges with Region 32 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against plaintiff. After an administrative investigation, the regional director found merit in most of the union’s charges and issued a complaint on September 29, 1995, on behalf of the general counsel. The complaint alleged plaintiff threatened employees with termination for union activity, threatened to report prounion employees to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, interrogated employees about union activity, created the impression of surveillance of union activities, and maintained an illegally restrictive policy…