Since the formation of Unions, there have always been disputes between employers and Unions. Earlier this year there were multiple states who “tightened” their bills on collective bargaining and union rights; this caused countless strikes and low productivity for companies that employed union workers.

Shortly after this nation-wide issue, one of the largest manufacturing companies, Boeing, engaged in a dispute with union workers.  Boeing allegedly “scrapped its plans” on building a new plant in Washington to “punish union workers for going on strike.” If the allegations are valid, then Boeing would have broken federal labour law by relocating the union working Washington plant to a non-union working plant in Carolina.

Disputes similar to this one occur frequently across the nation but this specific case has received copious amounts of publicity. What’s shocking is that Republican politicians have taken sides and joined Boeing’s defence. If Boeing intentionally relocated to revenge on the union workers, then members on both the state and congressional level would be supporting the unethical decision to relocate. However, attorneys of over 15 states have agreed that this prolonged case “could harm job growth in the United States.” Therefore, this claim needs to be settled quickly to protect the American workers.

If Boeing loses the case, the company will suffer bad publicity over the unethical decision to target union workers out of jobs.