It’s tempting to think so, but it could also be that both the union and the Obama administration wanted this issue to go away in the run-up to the election.
For the Obamanites, the issue gives the Republicans a perfect club to beat them over the head with in South Carolina, and by extension, the rest of the South and every other “right to work” state.
For the union, well, let’s just say it doesn’t make them look very good either, and they know damn well that if Republicans win in November next year, the suit will be dropped anyhow.
Bottom line, Boeing wanted to get busy making planes, the administration wanted this to go away, and the union realized that this was probably the best deal they could hope to get — and it would let them save face with their members by touting the gains.
I don’t think the unions have very much confidence that Obama will win reelection.
Your analysis is correct.
If the GOP is smart they won’t let this issue die. We need other companies to make the same moves starting right now. We’ve got the chance to drive unions completely out of the private sector.
They need a team looking up the thousands and thousands of little cases that the NLRB is going nuts on right now. It is killing job creation. This issue should not go away until Obama is out of the WH.