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Will Unions Clip Boeing's Wings?
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| April 26, 2011
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Posted on 04/26/2011 6:14:10 PM PDT by Kaslin
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:01:27 PM PDT
by
raptor22
(Join me on Twitter @gerfingerpoken)
To: SatinDoll
As nice as that would be, it will never happen, not in a million years.
Seattle/Everett is still the center of gravity for commercial aircraft production. Their cadre of core employees, sort of the "NCO's" of the engineering and production communities, are all multi-generational townies and will not leave.
Not that I'm a big fan of union fascists, but Boeing is getting what it deserves from its formerly BFF, Pres_ent Zero. It is a very, very liberal company (the commercial aviation side that is, defense is a different culture) so I see this as the commies eating their own.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:01:36 PM PDT
by
liberty_lvr
(Drill Gaia like a 3 am prom date)
To: B.O. Plenty
All nice places, but I think Obama and his stacked NLRB are trying to prove that nowhere inside the US will be far enough away to move. If Boeing can’t run a factory in SC, and has to bolt from WA, they aren’t going to stop at the border, that’s for sure.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:02:12 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Oh, well, any excuse to buy a new gun is good enough for me.)
To: Psycho_Bunny
They were idiots to move to Chicago. They should have gone to Dallas or Atlanta.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:02:42 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: liberty_lvr
Seattle/Everett is still the center of gravity for commercial aircraft production. You do know that was not the first industry or city that's been said of, right?
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:04:48 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Oh, well, any excuse to buy a new gun is good enough for me.)
To: Kaslin
Boeing doesn’t HAVE to build planes in the US - they can leave the country as so many other businesses have done in the past to avoid the commie leftist morons that have infested our government.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:06:42 PM PDT
by
meyer
(We will not sit down and shut up.)
To: Kaslin
I heard Governor Haley talking to Laura Ingraham about this on yesterday’s show, and I couldn’t figure out what standing the NLRB was trying to use as cover to halt Boeing work in SC. As close as I could tell, they seemed to think it was improper for Boeing to be aware of the labor laws of various states and locate new operations in the states with the laws most favorable to their interests. What a ludicrous position. If that’s all they have to stand on, I’d love to see that one sorted out in open court.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:14:07 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Kaslin; Scanian; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; rabscuttle385; ...
RE :”
So they, in the form of the International Association of Machinists, have called upon their wholly owned subsidiary, the National Labor Relations Board whose job it is to bully business on labor's behalf to file a complaint against Boeing for expanding into the right-to-work state of South Carolina.... The NLRB complaint alleges that Boeing wants to build its new 787 Dreamliner in North Charleston, S.C., instead of at its Puget Sound facility in Washington state in retaliation against the International Association of Machinists for strikes such as a two-month-long work stoppage in 2008 that cost the company $1.8 billion. The IAM filed its complaint in March 2010. But while charging retaliation, it could not demonstrate any harm. The facility in South Carolina is new and takes no pre-existing jobs away from Puget Sound.”
I saw this on FNC Cavuto the past two days, Jim DeMint was on one of them as a guest talking about it.
Obama is sueing a company for opening a new plant in a Right-to-Work state SC. This is one of those Marxist like actions that I wish Republicans like Boehner would scream murder about. This is perfect to (message) tie to Obama and the high unemployment. At least I can dream they would.
Another great post by Kaslin.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:16:16 PM PDT
by
sickoflibs
("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
To: Cyber Liberty
I assume you are referring to Detroit? :)
Different scenario - Boeing Commercial is presently thriving and actually growing in Seattle. While conservatives may hate to admit it, that success is as much because of the union as it is despite the unions. Many of them are hard working, talented and skilled people.
No, they are quite comfortable there and have no reason to leave. It suits their culture perfectly.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:29:42 PM PDT
by
liberty_lvr
(Drill Gaia like a 3 am prom date)
To: SatinDoll
Theyve considered it before, and this would give them the little shove to move on to a better business climate.Actually, they're being harassed by the National Labor Relations Board, so it wouldn't help. Probably should do it anyway.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:31:50 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: meyer
Where would the Skunk Works projects continue?
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:33:51 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are .)
To: Kaslin; Publius; Billthedrill
The National Labor Relations Board whose job it is to bully business on labor's behalf has filed a complaint against Boeing for expanding into the right-to-work state of South Carolina. Outlawing business moves to states with rational laws?? Dangit! Atlas Shrugged was meant as fiction, NOT a damn manual!
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:35:46 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: liberty_lvr
Does this one large company think they can wag the industry’s dog? If Boeing thinks being screwed out of it’s SC facility is just grand (and I don’t rule that line of thought out), then the entire company will be gone inside of a few decades. There is no such thing as “Too big to fail.”
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:36:22 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Oh, well, any excuse to buy a new gun is good enough for me.)
To: B4Ranch
Skunk Works is part of Lockheed Martin.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:36:36 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Islam, mortal enemy of the free world)
To: B4Ranch
Where would the Skunk Works projects continue?That was a Northrop thing in SoCal, so it's probably against all sorts of "workplace safety" regs now anyway.
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:37:39 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: liberty_lvr
BTW, love your tag. And...I am sure aircraft workers are a bit different than auto workers...
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:39:21 PM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Oh, well, any excuse to buy a new gun is good enough for me.)
To: liberty_lvr
No, they are quite comfortable there and have no reason to leave. It suits their culture perfectly.If they are so comfortable why would they not simply expand in WA instead of looking to expand in SC?
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posted on
04/26/2011 7:49:32 PM PDT
by
A_Tradition_Continues
(formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:37:48 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: raptor22
It’s only a matter of time before they close up shop and move. Hopefully they will stay in the US, but it would not surprise me if they didn’t.
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posted on
04/26/2011 8:50:35 PM PDT
by
SouthTexas
(You cannot bargain with the devil, shut the government down.)
To: pnh102
Lots of skilled aviation workers in Brazil, too.
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posted on
04/26/2011 9:27:48 PM PDT
by
Trod Upon
(Obama: Making the Carter malaise look good. Misery Index in 3...2...1)
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