NLRB Seeks Court Orders Requiring Boeing to Release Documents

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Source: WSJ

The National Labor Relations Board asked a federal district court to require Boeing Co. to release certain company documents in the federal agency's high-profile case accusing the jet maker of illegally shifting union work in Washington state to a nonunion facility in South Carolina.

The NLRB requested the orders Tuesday in a filing in a U.S. district court in Seattle, and asked for oral arguments to take place Dec. 16.

Chicago-based Boeing has sought to limit how much information it must provide in response to subpoenas in the administrative-law proceeding, arguing that certain disclosures could cause competitive and financial harm to the aerospace company. Boeing has been subpoenaed by NLRB lawyers and the International Association of Machinists union, which filed the charges that led to the agency's complaint against the company.

The NLRB brought the case against Boeing in April, accusing the company of selecting the South Carolina site to retaliate against machinists-union workers in the Seattle area for past strikes. Boeing has denied shifting work or retaliating against the union, and the case has become a lightning rod for Republicans and business groups who say the NLRB has unfairly bolstered unions at the expense of employers since President Barack Obama entered the White House.

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1. What would the Bush appointed NLRB have done ?