Boeing NLRB Complaint Withdrawn as Political Fallout Lingers

The National Labor Relations Board withdrew its complaint against Boeing Co. over the opening of a 787 Dreamliner plant in South Carolina, ending a case that exacerbated business-government tensions.

Boeing and its Machinists union have begun a “new relationship” with a contract approved this week that includes promises for assembling a new jet in the Seattle area, Lafe Solomon, the NLRB’s acting general counsel, said today. He said settling the U.S. charge had always been his preferred outcome.