The National Labor Relations Board, the federal government’s main labor law enforcement agency, may limit a favorite tactic unions employ against employers: inflating giant rats and cats and leaving them in front of work sites.

Twice in the past year, the board’s General Counsel Office has said that the inflatable animals can constitute a form of picketing by unions, an activity that has long been subject to strict regulations.

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