A U.S. House of Representatives panel is threatening to subpoena the National Labor Relations Board if it doesn’t hand over documents in the complaint against the Boeing Co.
CNBC reports that Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sent a letter Tuesday to the labor board’s general counsel, Lafe Solomon, demanding the release of documents by 5 p.m., July 26.
Issa is the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which held a hearing in South Carolina last month regarding the labor board’s allegations that Boeing retaliated against Machinists in Washington for labor strikes when it chose North Charleston for a new 787 assembly plant.
In his complaint against Boeing, Solomon suggested the company should establish a second 787 line in Washington to make amends for its alleged wrongdoing.
An administrative law judge in Seattle is hearing the complaint against Boeing. The hearing, which started in June, is expected to last several months.
Boeing selected South Carolina for the home of its second 787 assembly line in 2009, following a 57-day labor strike by its Machinists in 2008. Despite statements made by Boeing officials about the need to strike-proof production, the company has said it’s pick of South Carolina was an economic one and was not meant to punish its Puget Sound area Machinists.
Here’s the CNBC video report:
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