Boeing vs. the NLRB: A Naked Power Grab by Radical Pro-Unionists (Great article)

Pajamas Media ^ | May 12, 2011 | Hans A. von Spakovsky & James Sherk

[jazusamo]

This is by far the most explanatory article I've seen regarding this power play mess by Obama and the NLRB.

[Logic n' Reason]

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[jazusamo]

Pinging you to this excellent piece, it explains the entire legal process as well as the pathetic action of the NLRB.

[Pollster1]

If Boeing loses in the NLRB kangaroo court, they need to announce that the jobs will not be created anywhere in the United States, then let the word leak out that they are looking for an overseas site. Once we get rid of the thug in our White House and replace him with a real president who believes in the rule of law (which such a Boeing announcement would help us to do), they can open the factory as scheduled . . . and start moving to eliminate their remaining union jobs so they don’t have to face the union thugs again.

[jazusamo]

Boeing Ping!

[Sertorius]

Oh well, who is John Galt?

[jazusamo]

Yep, but as the writers point out, Boeing may lose in the kangaroo court but they’ll have a very steep uphill climb in the federal courts, especially SCOTUS.

[jazusamo]

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[Mr. Jeeves]

As I posted on another thread, Boeing chose to become an arm of the Federal Government a long time ago - to protect their market share from foreign competition. In no way can they be considered a free-market capitalist entity. This is just the true owners asserting their rights.

It does set a horrible precedent, and I have no doubt the NLRB will also try to do this in the future to real free-market enterprises. But shed no tears for Boeing - they made their choice long ago.

[huldah1776]

Why not just call them communists instead of Radical Pro-Unionists?

[ExtremeUnction]

Boeing should just put the factory in China.

[truthguy]

Daley was on Boeing’s board of directors...

For for the life of me I don't understand why a hack like Daley is on Boeing's BOD? What does this clown know about anything relating to the aircraft industry? We also know that Al Gore is on the Apple BOD. Again, why?

[TennesseeProfessor]

At a time of extremely high unemployment, the Obama administration is filing suit against a company to prevent them from offering new jobs.

[norton]

If Boeing was an "arm of the US government" there'd be a pot load more C-17s flying today and we'd have been using new tankers for the past five or more years.

This Washington versus South Carolina thing raises a similar but less stark question. Once the final C-17 is delivered, Boeing has no interest in the heavily unionized Long Beach plant other than its real estate value.

[jazusamo]

Yep, Zer0 and his union thug buddies want those jobs to be union jobs in WA state.

Rather than see Boeing move out of the country I’d like to eventually see them move all their plants to Right-to-Work states even though I live in WA.

[domeika]

Boeing’s main office is now in Chicago as of a few years back. Starting to make sense now?

[VRWCmember]

Federal law allows states to compete for new investment by implementing labor laws that prohibit workers from being forced to join unions.

This is a poorly worded sentence. You do not prohibit someone from being forced to do something. You prohibit one party from forcing another party to do something. States are allowed to implement laws that PROTECT workers from being forced to join unions.

[jazusamo]

You’re correct, when I read the piece I read that twice to make sure it said what I thought it did.

[upchuck]

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[jazusamo]

Yes, Boeing moved its main offices to Chicago in 2001, Daley became a board member in 2006.

William Daley resigns from Abbott, Boeing boards

"Boeing Co. and Abbott Laboratories said on Monday William M. Daley, newly appointed as President Barack Obama's chief of staff, has resigned from their boards of directors.

Daley had been on Boeing's board since 2006, and was a member of its finance and special programs committees. Boeing said Daley resigned on Friday, the day after the announcement of his new job."