So as has been being reported in the media for some days now, the NLRB has sued Boeing for its plan to build a plant in South Carolina to build 787 Dreamliners. The NLRB claims Boeing is seeking to retaliate against the workers and that this violates labor laws. I do not see how Boeing is retaliating at all though. It hasn't closed (or planned to close) its operations in Washington state and move them to South Carolina. All of those union jobs are remaining intact (and boeing has also expanded operations, and hence jobs, recently there as well). Boeing's plant in South Carolina will be in addition to its Washington state operations. I do not see how this is retaliating.
A commentor on the National Review article linked to in the article below made what I thought is an interesting point: "The Left want big businesses to operate like utility companies: unionized, highly-regulated, bureaucratic, and with cushy jobs for people from government." That does seem to be the case with this, the financial regulation which is probably going to bring the big financial companies on Wall Street into bed with the government to a good degree, also when looking at how the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) turns the health insurance companies into utilities. A hearing is planned for next month, I am hoping Boeing wins. Unions should not have that much power over private companies.
NLRB Plans Even More Aggressive Action
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