An anti-labor group contends that right-to-work states lost an opportunity to land Boeing manufacturing due to a "backroom deal" between Boeing and Machinists District Local 751 that ended the NLRB case. Above, the first 787 to roll on its own wheels at Boeing's plant in North Charleston, S.C.
A Virginia anti-union organization has filed what it called a ?federal retaliation charge? against the Machinists District Lodge 751 through the National Labor Relations Board? .
In a Dec. 28 release, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation contended that Boeing? workers in Charleston who had opposed unionization there were ?denied participation in the hearing concluding the case.?
According to the release, union leaders ?abused the NLRB?s adjudicative process to bully Boeing in locating production of the company?s 737 Max and future airplane production in Washington State.?
NLRB Spokeswoman Nancy Cleeland, in Washington, D.C., hadn?t heard about the charge until contacted by Puget Sound Business Journal.
?I am sure we will investigate because we investigate all charges against us, and we?ll take it from there,? she said.
The foundation, according to its website, is a ?nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by abuses of compulsory unionism.?
The Machinists had originally charged that Boeing had violated federal law by deciding to build the North Charleston factory as ?retaliation? for earlier labor activities in Washington state.
The foundation filed its charges on behalf of three Charleston-area Boeing employees who had earlier opposed unionizing there, the foundation release said.
NLRB Acting General Counsel Laef Solomon National Labor Relations Board? .
In a Dec. 28 release, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation contended that Boeing? workers in Charleston who had opposed unionization there were ?denied participation in the hearing concluding the case.?
According to the release, union leaders ?abused the NLRB?s adjudicative process to bully Boeing in locating production of the company?s 737 Max and future airplane production in Washington State.?
NLRB Spokeswoman Nancy Cleeland, in Washington, D.C., hadn?t heard about the charge until contacted by Puget Sound Business Journal.
?I am sure we will investigate because we investigate all charges against us, and we?ll take it from there,? she said.
The foundation, according to its website, is a ?nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by abuses of compulsory unionism.?
The Machinists had originally charged that Boeing had violated federal law by deciding to build the North Charleston factory as ?retaliation? for earlier labor activities in Washington state.
The foundation filed its charges on behalf of three Charleston-area Boeing employees who had earlier opposed unionizing there, the foundation release said.
NLRB Acting General Counsel Laef Solomon dropped charges against Boeing Dec. 9, two days after the union approved a four-year contract extension with the company Dec. 7.
STEVE WILHELM covers manufacturing, aerospace and trade for the Puget Sound Business Journal. Phone: 206-876-5427 | Email: swilhelm@bizjournals.com | Twitter: stevewilhelm108 Click here to sign up for the PSBJ Daily Update.
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