http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2-zzmCmMVI&feature=related
Posted on 05/12/2011 8:58:57 PM PDT by sickoflibs
The Obama administration's National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint last month against Boeing to block production of the company's 787 Dreamliner at a new assembly plant in South Carolina—a "right to-work" state with a law against compulsory union membership. If the NLRB has its way, Dreamliner assembly will return to Washington, a union-shop state, along with more than 1,000 jobs.
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?
A recent New York Times editorial justified the NLRB decision by arguing that unions are suffering from "the flight of companies to 'Right-to-Work' states where workers cannot be required to join a union." That's for sure, and quite an admission. We've been observing that migration pattern for years, but liberals have denied it's actually happening—until now.
Every year we rank the states on their economic competitiveness in a report called "Rich States, Poor States" for the American Legislative Exchange Council. This ranking uses 15 fiscal, tax and regulatory variables to determine which states have policies that are most conducive to prosperity. Two of these 15 policies have consistently stood out as the most important in predicting where jobs will be created and incomes will rise. First, states with no income tax generally outperform high income tax states. Second, states that have right-to-work laws grow faster than states with forced unionism.
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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?...
Right-to-work states are also getting richer over time. Prof. Vedder found a 23% higher per capita income growth rate in right-to-work states than in forced-union states, which over the period 1977-2007 amounted to a $2,760 larger increase in per-person income in those states. That's a giant differential.
“Our own government has become our enemy and is taking us to court at a time when we need help.” — Sheriff Paul Babeu.
If you missed this Cavuto have been on this for weeks. While demonizing oil companies and trying to shut down domestic drilling, Obama is sueing Boeing for opening up new manufacturing plants.
Ironically, they cant force Boeing to open a union plant in Washington state. They can only sue Boeing for creating these new jobs in SC.
It is a damn big deal. More gutlessness from The Stupid Party. It's essentially the textbook definition Fascism, having government define how a company does business. Every representative of every RTW state should be picketing in front of the White House over this. Recess appointees hand picked by Obama are responsible for this BS.
As of today there are 22 right-to-work states and 28 union-shop states. Over the past decade (2000-09) the right-to-work states grew faster in nearly every respect than their union-shop counterparts: 54.6% versus 41.1% in gross state product, 53.3% versus 40.6% in personal income, 11.9% versus 6.1% in population, and 4.1% versus -0.6% in payrolls.
Proof that Obamabot leftists care more about Union bosses and forced union dues than they care about workers, states, or the economy.
This is nothing more than "pay to play" chicago mob extortion, grounds for impeachment
Agreed. They may stop the move to NC, but it won’t stop the next one overseas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2-zzmCmMVI&feature=related
Bump.
If Zero has his way, the rest of the U.S. will look like Detroit.
Things like this get you to wondering what the last straw will be that breaks the camel’s back.
It is telling that neither the NLRB nor the unions are offering any relief from the 3 year strike cycle.
This is sooooo Atlas Shrugged.
If Buraq and the NLRB wins this, what company in their right mind would ever open a presence in a forced-unionization state? They would be locked-in forever. For that matter, what little incentive would there be left for them to even stay within the country?
Boeing can always create news jobs in other countries.
I would if I were them.
What Authority? They Run The authority,Justice Dept,FBI,Courts,Senate and White House.Where do you go when the Authority is Corrupt?
Thank You Democrats,and all other Idiot americans who Voted for this
They just announced on Fox and Friends that Gov. Nikki Haley will be on at 7:15 to talk about this. Go Nikki!
The fact that Boeing admits that it is leaving due to union strikes does NOT give the government the right to tell Boeing they cannot set up shop in a Right-to-Work state. The union protection laws give the union the right to strike - they do not, however, give the union the right to tell companies where to set up shop. In other words, they can strike but they cannot expect to be immune from the consequences of costing a company billions of dollars. IF the Obama administration wins this suit, this country is done financially. Obama - being the US hater that he is - may actually WANT companies to leave this country and set up shop elsewhere. This is very likely the outcome he is hoping for.
All these Progressive dopes had the audacity to call
President Bush a fascist.
(Projection in operation.)
IMHO
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