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Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Former Gov. Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL'-buhrt) Busch are trading barbs over a union donation to her campaign.

Friday, April 27, 2012  Boeing is scheduled to roll out the first of its new 787 airliners made in South Carolina. State and federal officials as well as Boeing executives are to be on hand for Friday's rollout at the company's new manufacturing plant in North Charleston. The $750 million plant opened its doors last summer.

Thursday, January 05, 2012  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is bashing the National Labor Relations Board in a new South Carolina ad airing the day after the Obama administration announced recess appointments to the labor panel.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011  Three employees of Boeing Co. in South Carolina have filed an unfair labor practice charge against a union recently at the center of a national dispute.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011  The Machinists union says it has reached a tentative deal with Boeing Co. that would settle a heated government labor dispute.

Friday, September 23, 2011  The union in a high-profile labor dispute with Boeing Co. says newly released documents show the company opened a new plant in South Carolina to limit the power of employee unions in Washington state.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  Republicans on a Senate panel have failed in an effort to undercut the National Labor Relations Board's case against Boeing Co.

Friday, September 16, 2011  A national small business group is suing the National Labor Relations Board over new rules requiring employers to use a poster to let workers know they have a right to form or join a union.

Thursday, September 15, 2011  The measure approved on a 238-186 vote would limit the National Labor Relations Board's enforcement power. It would prohibit the agency from ordering any employer to shut down plants or relocate work, even if a company violates labor laws.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  The House is expected to vote this week on a bill that would undercut the government's high-profile labor dispute with Boeing Co.

Monday, August 08, 2011  The chairman of the House Oversight committee has subpoenaed documents from the National Labor Relations Board relating to its lawsuit against Boeing Co.

Monday, August 08, 2011  Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman is campaigning in South Carolina, the site of the first presidential primary in the South.

Thursday, July 28, 2011  The Machinists Union says it's fighting a move by Boeing to close portions of the Seattle hearing on the National Labor Relations Board's lawsuit against the company.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  South Carolina U.S. Rep. Tim Scott has introduced legislation in Congress to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from closing down plants or ordering companies to transfer employment.  Scott's measure comes in light of the NLRB suit against Boeing, which last month opened its $750 million assembly plant in North Charleston.

Thursday, June 30, 2011  A judge has denied Boeing Co.'s request to dismiss a federal lawsuit that claims the company illegally retaliated against unionized workers by moving some work from Washington state to South Carolina.  The ruling by Administrative Law Judge Clifford Anderson allows the National Labor Relations Board to move ahead in presenting its case against Boeing in a Seattle hearing room.