Posted on 09/14/2011 9:51:20 PM PDT by iowamark
Three Iowa Democratic congressmen are being targeted in a million-dollar campaign by groups that say the National Labor Relations Board is overstepping its authority by dictating where businesses can and cannot create jobs.
U.S. Reps. Bruce Braley, Dave Loebsack and Leonard Boswell are among 16 House members who are the focus of the national radio and web video ad campaign sponsored by the National Association of Manufacturers and National Federation of Independent Business.
They are being encouraged to vote for HR 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act.
The legislation is a response to the NLRB’s “recent wave of anti-business and anti-jobs efforts, specifically its recent interference with placement of Boeing Corporation’s new manufacturing facility in South Carolina,” according to the business and manufacturing groups.
“It is clear that the NLRB has strayed from its role as an impartial arbiter to instead become just an extension of labor unions,” said NFIB President and CEO Dan Danner. “This new atmosphere has created a chilling effect on businesses of all sizes. The NLRB has crossed beyond the scope of its legal authority in its zeal to punish businesses, and it needs to be reined in before more damage is done.”
However, Braley, who plans to vote against the bill, said current law gives the NLRB the ability to block companies from outsourcing or transferring their work to other countries, according to spokeswoman Kira Ayish.
“It is irresponsible for Congress to be voting on this job-killing bill,” Braley said. “When our unemployment is still hovering around 9 percent, Congress needs to pass legislation that creates jobs. This bill will send more American jobs overseas and put more Americans out of work. I urge my colleagues to vote against this job-killing legislation.”
Loebsack agreed there are other measures that would have more benefits for the manufacturing sector.
“There are ways to create jobs and improve manufacturing in America, like the bipartisan SECTORS Act I introduced,” the 2nd District representative said. “This vote is nothing but an attempt by Congress to insert itself into an ongoing, independent proceeding. Given Congress’ recent record on job creation, it’s no surprise that the leadership in the House of Representatives is supporting a bill that will ship jobs overseas. It is time we start focusing on what Iowans really care about – jobs here at home.”
Boeing, as well as the groups leading the campaign, say the Chicago-based company has invested billions of dollars and hired thousands of new employees to help develop its Dreamliner planes.
If the NLRB is left unchecked, it could result in closing a new state-of-the-art plant and the loss of thousands of jobs at a time when the national unemployment rate is above 9 percent, according to NAM and NFIB.
Braley, chairman of the congressional Populist Caucus, is pushing his own manufacturing legislation, Ayish noted. The caucus promotes creating and retaining good-paying jobs, providing fair wages, proper benefits and a level playing field at the negotiating table. Loebsack and Boswell are members, too.
Braley’s legislation calling for a National Manufacturing Strategy that would require the president develop a plan for creating more manufacturing jobs passed out of the House in the last Congress with strong bipartisan support. He has been pushing for the House to pass the bill in this session.
Neither the Loebsack nor Boswell congressional offices immediately responded to a request for a comment on the ad.
"Qantas does the 787 shuffle with Boeing Dreamliner":
Qantas has 50 of the next-gen jetliners on order – 15 of the base model 787-8 for Jetstar and 35 of the stretched 787-9 for Qantas – with options for 50 more"...
" The board of Air India Ltd. will meet Thursday to discuss its pending order for 27 Dreamliner planes with Boeing Co. (BA), a senior executive at the national carrier and an official at the civil aviation ministry said Wednesday... The 27 planes are part of a total of 68 Boeing aircraft ordered by Air India in 2005."
Contracts will not be fulfilled?
Does not make sense to me.
What a smart approach. There’s brains out there, left in them thar’ hills! Very smart approach! Thanks for the lift!
Yes, this is a true and excellent way to campaign.
NLRB abets the parasitic unions.Killing Boeing's efforts at productivity.
Chrysler waits for UAW to get out of the way.
The jobs referred to by Democrats have been unions (AFSCME, UAW, NEA, SEIU et al) as launderers for Democrat donations.
Transparent to those who understand; opaque to the True Believer of the Left.
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