South Carolina Lawsuit Case: NLRB v. Boeing

South Carolina Lawsuit Case: NLRB v. Boeing

Introduction

Many wonder why they are not creating the jobs necessary to lower the high unemployment in the United States. Why U.S. corporations are sitting on $ 2,047 billion in cash, the highest since 1945. However, the reasons are obvious instability in the global economy and poor demand in the U.S., another explanation can be found on potential changes to labor regulations in the U.S. latent in the case NLRB v. Boeing Inc. in South Carolina. However, this was the main reason that displayed a famous file suit against Boeing (Bernstein, 2011).

In 2009, the aircraft manufacturer Boeing, Inc. decided to build a plant to assemble its new 787 Dream liner in North Charleston in South Carolina. Basically, the goal is to do the same plant that makes its Everett plant in Washington State. However, the argument is on low costs and seeks stability in production, in other words, more flexible working and not face stoppages. Moreover, Boeing has experienced four stoppages at its plant in Washington since 1989. The latter, made in 2008, about 27 000 Operators stopped production for 58 days costing Boeing $ 1.8 billion dollars (Kisicki, 2011).

Discussion

It is the first time last year that South Carolina has been the focus for employment in a country struggling to get back on their feet. The Obama administration went with Boeing when the company, based in Seattle, tried to build a new factory in Charleston, South Carolina, to manufacture the 787 Dreamliner. And it makes his entrance the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which presents a formal complaint against Boeing alleging that the company decided to build the plant in South Carolina in retaliation for the strikes of its facilities in the state of Washington (Kisicki, 2011).

However, at the heart of this matter was the fact that South Carolina is one of 22 states with Right to Work - in other words, workers in these states are free to decide whether to unionize or not. The Right to Work laws prevents companies from firing workers for not paying union dues, protecting the right of employees to work outside or not to support unions. For Boeing, the Obama administration, through the NLRB, the company tried to prevent that take fundamental decisions about where to do business, all for wanting to open a plant in a state Right to Work. Ultimately, the NLRB withdrew the lawsuit after union negotiators reach an agreement that will benefit its members in the state organization (Bernstein, 2011).

The major ethical concerns that came under limelight during the NRLB v. Boeing case is Boeing's move represents for the state of South Carolina about 5000 jobs and billions of dollars in profit at the expense of union employees of the plant in Washington. NLRB v. Boeing Inc.se As defined in the courts, the debate between rule of law and rule of law became political. Political representatives of the state of South Carolina, and the Republican Party, submitted a ...