Boeing Wants to Ground ‘Gerrymandered’ Union Election Win

Boeing Co. wants the National Labor Relations Board to void an official’s decision allowing the International Association of Machinists to organize about 170 technicians out of the aircraft maker’s South Carolina workforce of approximately 7,000 employees.

The company asked the board in a request filed June 26 to vacate the regional director’s decision to limit voting to flight readiness technicians and inspectors at the company’s North Charleston, S.C., facility. The Machinists won the election May 31 on a 105-64 vote, but Boeing argued that the unit was “gerrymandered” and the board shouldn’t certify the win.

The company alleges that IAM ...