Yesterday's Washington Examiner posted a story about the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) attempt to control where Boeing builds the assembly line for the new 787 airplane. Lafe Solomon, who was appointed to the board by President Obama, filed a complaint Wednesday on behalf of the NLRB to force Boeing to build the assembly line in Washington state rather than South Carolina. South Carolina is a right-to-work state, where workers would not have to be unionized.
The article points out that Boeing had originally planned to build the plant in Washington state, but the International Association of Machinists (IAM) refused to sign a contract with a long-term no-strike clause. Since 1989, strikes by the IAM have cost Boeing at least $1.8 billion in revenue.
The article points out:
"Construction of Boeing's new Charleston factory is nearly complete, and the company has already hired more than 1,000 new employees, drawn mostly from within the immediate region. And back in Washington, Boeing has actually increased employment at its Puget Sound plant by 2,000 workers. But that isn't good enough for the IAM or the Obama White House. After suffering major defeats in Wisconsin and Ohio, the labor movement is looking for a scalp. Obama's NLRB is trying to turn Boeing into one."
This is what happens when the White House is in the pocket of the labor unions.
The article further reports:
"A ruling in favor of Obama's NLRB would make it presumptively illegal for any unionized firm to invest in a right-to-work state.
"At first, this would mainly hurt right-to-work states, as they would no longer be able to lure new businesses from existing unionized firms. But over the long run, this policy would hurt unions and all Americans. Why would any domestic company choose to build a factory in a forced-union state if it knew that meant it could never expand to a right-to-work state? Why would any international firm invest anywhere in this country if it knew the White House would favor political allies?
"The NLRB isn't protecting workers, it is setting them up for eventual unemployment."
Regardless of the outcome, the NLRB is making it very expensive to expand a company into a right-to-work state. This is another way the Obama Administration and its appointees are creating unemployment and infringing upon people's (and company's) rights.
Leave a comment