It’s like a page right out of Atlas Shrugged. Boeing is one of the largest manufacturers still making a product in the United States that sell around the world for which there is very limited competition.
Most of Boeing’s history has taken place in Seattle, but a parasitic government and a history of labor stoppages started to motivate them to look elsewhere. In 2001, it decided to move its corporate headquarters to downtown Chicago.
Boeing decided it would build a second final assembly plant for 787 dreamliner in Charleston, South Carolina. Up until now, South Carolina has been making portions of the plane there. South Carolina is a right to work state, which means the union can’t compel you to become a member and pay dues.
The National Labor Relations Board has filed suit against Boeing, demanding that they agree to keep the Washington State 787 facility in operation. Should the people in Seattle stop work in the future, Boeing might just permanently move all production to South Carolina. That possible future action (which Boeing has never threatened) cannot be tolerated.
Senator Lindsey Graham is outraged.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703838004576275404169651560.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014824566_charleston21.html
http://www.heraldonline.com/2011/04/22/3008581/boeing-nlrb-dispute-could-be-long.html
Well, Lindsey Graham was on the Sunday shows today beating the drums of war to the ignore the limits of the U.N. mandate and just have an all out war to overthrow Libya – make it so the Qadaffi inner circle wonder if every day will be their last.
That should be good for at least another $.20 per gallon for gasoline.
How’s that Peace thing working out, President Obama?
Nebraska is a Right To Work state, to the dismay of the various labor unions in the state.
Jack in Omaha