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Boeing's Motion to Dismiss the Complaint UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD REGION 19 THE BOEING COMPANY and Case 19-CA-32431 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS DISTRICT LODGE 751, affiliated with INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM, OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, TO STRIKE THE INJUNCTIVE RELIEF SOUGHT IN ¶ 13(A) OF THE COMPLAINT June 14, 2011 William J. Kilberg P.C. Eugene Scalia Matthew McGill Paul Blankenstein Daniel J. Davis GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 1050 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington, District of Columbia 20036 Telephone: 202.955.8500 Facsimile: 202.467.0539 J. Michael Luttig Richard B. Hankins Bryan H. Baumeister Alston D. Correll Brett C. Gerry Drew E. Lunt Eric B. Wolff MCKENNA LONG & ALDRIDGE THE BOEING COMPANY 303 Peachtree Street, N.E. 100 N. Riverside Plaza Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Chicago, IL 60606 Telephone: 404.527.4000 Facsimile: 404.527.4198 Attorneys for The Boeing Company TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1 I. BACKGROUND & FACTS ................................................................................................4 A. The first and second final assembly lines for Boeing‘s 787 Dreamliner. ..............................................................................................................4 B. Production stability, discussions with the IAM, and Boeing‘s selection of Charleston. ............................................................................................5 C. The charge and complaint. .......................................................................................9 II. LEGAL PRINCIPLES & ARGUMENT ...........................................................................10 A. Boeing‘s public statements did not violate Section 8(a)(1). ..................................12 1. Employers may lawfully make statements of objective fact, predictions of future events, and views about unionism. ...........................12 2. Boeing‘s statements are lawful under settled precedent. ...........................13 B. Boeing‘s location of the second 787 final assembly line and its dual sourcing decision did not violate Section 8(a)(3). .........................................18 1. Opening a new final assembly line in Charleston and implementing a dual source plan did not cause any adverse employment actions in Everett...................................................................18 2. Boeing‘s motives, as alleged in the complaint, were lawful. .....................21 C. Boeing and its South Carolina employees should not have to live under a cloud of possible shutdown; the requested remedy for Boeing to ―operate‖ the second final assembly line in Everett should be stricken. .................................................................................................25 CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................................28 i TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) Cases Am. Ship Building Co. v. NLRB, 380 U.S. 300 ......................................................................................................... 21, 22, 29 Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 129 S. Ct. 1937 (2009) ...................................................................................................... 10 Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U. S. 544 (2007) ......................................................................................................... 10 Betts Cadillac Olds, Inc., 96 N.L.R.B. 268 (1951) .................................................................................................... 24 Charles D. Bonanno Linen Serv., Inc. v. NLRB, 454 U.S. 404 (1982) .......................................................................................................... 22 Coronet Foods v. NLRB, 158 F.3d 782 (4th Cir. 1993) ............................................................................................ 26 Crown Cork & Seal Co. v. NLRB, 36 F.3d 1130 (D.C. Cir. 1994) .................................................................................... 13, 16 Democratic Union Organizing Comm. v. NLRB, 603 F.2d 862 (D.C. Cir. 1978) .......................................................................................... 24 eBay Inc. v. mercExchange, L.L.C., 547 U.S. 388 (2006) .......................................................................................................... 27 Exxel/Atmos, Inc. v. NLRB, 147 F.3d 972 (D.C. Cir. 1998) .......................................................................................... 12 Frito-Lay, Inc. v. NLRB, 585 F.2d 62 (3d Cir. 1978)................................................................................................ 26 Gen. Elec. Co. v. NLRB, 117 F.3d 627 (D.C. Cir. 1997) ........................................................................ 13, 15, 16, 17 In re Saginaw Control & Eng’g, Inc., 339 N.L.R.B. 541 (2003) .................................................................................................. 12 Int’l Bhd. of Boilermakers, Local 88 v. NLRB, 858 F.2d 756 (D.C. Cir. 1965) .......................................................................................... 25 Int’l Union of Operating Eng’rs, Local 470, AFL-CIO v. NLRB, 350 F.3d 105 (D.C. Cir. 2003) .......................................................................................... 18 Lancaster Fairfield Community Hosp., 311 N.L.R.B. 401 (1993) ............................................................................................ 18, 19 Lear Siegler, Inc., 295 N.L.R.B. 857 (1989) ............................................................................................ 25, 26 ii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (continued) Page(s) Local 702, Int’l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, AFL–CIO v. NLRB, 215 F.3d 11 (D.C. Cir. 2000) ...................................................................................... 23, 24 Miller Indus. Towing Equip., Inc., 342 N.L.R.B. 1074 (2004) .............................................................................. 13, 15, 16, 17 NLRB v. Brown, 380 U.S. 278 (1965) ................................................................................................ 3, 16, 22 NLRB v. Gissel Packing Co., 395 U.S. 575 (1969) ................................................................................................ 3, 12, 14 NLRB v. Great Dane Trailers, Inc., 388 U.S. 26 (1967) ...................................................................................................... 21, 23 NLRB v. Ins. Agents’ Int’l Union, AFL–CIO, 361 U.S. 477 (1960) .......................................................................................................... 24 NLRB v. Mackay Radio & Tel. Co., 304 U.S. 333 (1938) .......................................................................................................... 21 NLRB v. R & H Masonry Supply, Inc., 627 F.2d 1013 (9th Cir. 1980) .......................................................................................... 26 NLRB v. Townhouse TV & Appliances, Inc., 531 F.2d 826 (7th Cir. 1976) ............................................................................................ 26 NLRB v. Village IX, 723 F.2d 1360 (7th Cir. 1983) .......................................................................................... 13 Phelps Dodge Corp. v. NLRB, 313 U.S. 177 (1941) .......................................................................................................... 25 P.S. Elliot Servs., 300 N.L.R.B. 1161 (1990) ................................................................................................ 13 Renton News Record, 136 N.L.R.B. 1294 (1962) ................................................................................................ 27 Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., 147 N.L.R.B. 788 (1964) .................................................................................................. 27 Wright Line, 251 N.L.R.B. 1083 (1980) ................................................................................................ 18 Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952) ............................................................................................................ 1 Statutes 29 U.S.C. § 158(a)(1) .................................................................................................................... 13 29 U.S.C. § 158(a)(3) .............................................................................................................. 20, 22 29 U.S.C. § 158(c) ........................................................................................................................ 13 iii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES (continued) Page(s) Other Authorities Dominic Gates, Boeing’s top customer predicts big production cuts, Seattle Times, Feb. 6, 2009 ................................................................................................. 6 Dominic Gates, Boeing to duplicate Puget Sound work for 787, Seattle Times, Dec. 7, 2009 .............................................................................................. 16 Dominic Gates, Machinists File Unfair Labor Charge Against Boeing Over Charleston, Seattle Times, June 4, 2010............................................................................. 3 Steve Wilhelm, Boeing moves to maintain S.C. 787 line in a strike, Puget Sound Business Journal, Dec. 8, 2009 ...................................................................
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