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| Payback for Boeing Unions - Tough for SC |
| 2011-05-21 |
| WSJ from a week ago, so it could've already been posted, but I don't miss much... The NLRB's action, which Boeing will challenge at a hearing next month, is a big deal. It's the first time a federal agency has intervened to tell an American company where it can and cannot operate a plant within the U.S. It lays the foundation of a regulatory wall with one express purpose: to prevent the direct competition of right-to-work states with union-shop states. Why, as South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley recently asked on these pages, should Washington have any more right to these jobs than South Carolina? For years, unions argued that right-to-work laws were bad for workers and for the states that passed them. But with the NLRB complaint, they've essentially thrown in the towel. If forced unionism is better for the economy of a state, why would the NLRB need to intervene to keep Boeing from leaving Washington? Why aren't businesses and workers moving operations to heavily unionized places like Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania and fleeing states like Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Texas? EXCELLENT question. Raw union power? For the most part, unions have outlived their usefulness, but the money and power live on. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #12 To "seize the tools and materials - the means of production" is a meme of Marxism. Shocked, shocked I say. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-05-21 22:40 |
| #11 I wonder what reaction would ensue if Boeing was to start construction of a replacement plant in India? Substitute 'China' for 'India'. Boeing already has subcontracts there IIRC. It also will put the administration in a bind. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-05-21 22:22 |
| #10 But they can't, can they? They have too much investment in US military contracts and politicians to actually try to call the Feds on this. My guess is that the planes will be constructed in Washington or else SC plant will be union. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-05-21 22:11 |
| #9 I wonder what reaction would ensue if Boeing was to start construction of a replacement plant in India? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2011-05-21 22:09 |
| #8 NLRB BOARD Wilma B. Liebman was designated Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by President Obama on January 20, 2009... Prior to joining FMCS in January 1994, Ms. Liebman was Labor Counsel for the Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen from 1990 through 1993. She served as Legal Counsel to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for nine years Craig Becker was sworn in as a Board Member on April 05, 2010, following his recess appointment by President Obama. ... served as Associate General Counsel to both the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations. Mark Gaston Pearce was sworn in as a Board Member on April 07, 2010, following his recess appointment by President Obama. Pearce practiced union side labor and employment law at Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria LLP. Brian Hayes was sworn in as a Board Member on June 29, 2010 by Sen. Mike Enzi at his offices in the Russell Building. He has argued a number of significant labor cases before the Federal Courts of Appeal; and regularly counseled clients regarding compliance with the full range of state and Federal labor laws including OSHA, FMLA, Title VII and the Fair Labor Standards Act. |
| Posted by: Whavirt Lumplump4697 2011-05-21 20:51 |
| #7 Steve White, they have already finished construction. They spent a LOT of money and were scheduled to start production next year. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2011-05-21 19:47 |
| #6 This is pure Marxism. Info on each and every individual on the Board is going to be published. Shine a bright light on these cockroaches. |
| Posted by: Squinty Spolunter5721 2011-05-21 19:41 |
| #5 Push back is right! Think South Carolina's authorities will allow this rump board to stop it? To paraphrase: "how many armies does the NLRB have?" Let the festivities begin. I'd like to see SEIU, Trumka, et al march on SC. Let the baton's wail! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-05-21 18:34 |
| #4 Boeing should call the NLRB's bluff. Start construction in South Carolina. They won't have to do much: an opening ceremony with the ceremonial shovel of dirt will do. Just make it clear that they are going to ignore the NLRB. The NLRB then can go to court, which puts the onus on them to explain why their action is lawful. It also puts the Obama administration on the hook for shutting down construction, factory and assembly jobs in the run-up to the election (yes, yes, SC is a Pub state, but this will reverberate). The Obama administration doesn't like being challenged. So challenge them. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-05-21 18:13 |
| #3 Note that the Obama appointee, Craig Becker, is an SEIU union lawyer who couldn't get Congressional approval, so was a recess appointment. His term is up after a year "Becker failed to win Senate confirmation to a five-year term last month after two Democrats joined Republicans to block his nomination." |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2011-05-21 12:14 |
| #2 Well I guess Boeing can always move their plants offshore. This is an outright violation of the 13th Admendment. Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Forcing employees to SERVE a union by giving up part of their earnings is a soft form of involuntary Serviture. But then the Democrats never had a problem with Slavery. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-05-21 11:44 |
| #1 not to mention Washington state is a highly corrupt far left wing political swamp that enjoys the veneer of their own sense of entitlement and self importance. Oh, yeah, and they cant balance a budget either...... |
| Posted by: 746 2011-05-21 11:25 |