Oversight Committee responds to NLRB’s refusal to comply with subpoena

Boeing headquarters, Chicago

Sheesh, I wonder what law schools the NLRB attorneys attended? I would think subpoenas would be covered in the first year.

From the Charleston Regional Business Journal:

The National Labor Relations Board’s refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena could lead to the disbarment of the NLRB attorneys working on the case against the Boeing Co., House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa wrote in a letter to the labor agency.

"I trust you stand ready to accept the severe consequences of your decision to avoid compliance with the subpoena," Issa, R-Calif., wrote.

Issa and NLRB have been haggling over the committee’s requests for documentation in the board’s case against the Boeing Co. over its final assembly and delivery plant in North Charleston. The NLRB issued the complaint against Boeing in April, accusing the aerospace giant of opening the S.C. plant to retaliate for worker strikes at its Puget Sound plant in Everett, Wash.

Acting general counsel Lafe Solomon has argued that releasing the requested documents could affect the ongoing hearings in Seattle. He's also cited attorney-client privilege and a ruling by an NLRB administrative court judge to deny the release of similar documents to Boeing earlier in the case.

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