It’s like a page right out of Atlas Shrugged.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 In 2001, it decided to move its corporate headquarters to downtown Chicago.<\/p>\n
Boeing decided it would build\u00a0a second\u00a0final assembly plant for 787 dreamliner in Charleston, South Carolina<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Up until now, South Carolina has\u00a0been making portions of the plane there.\u00a0\u00a0 South Carolina is a right to work state, which means the union can’t compel you to become a member and pay dues.<\/p>\n The National Labor Relations Board has filed suit against Boeing, demanding that they agree to keep the Washington State 787 facility in operation.\u00a0\u00a0 Should the people in Seattle stop work in the future, Boeing might just permanently move all production to South Carolina.\u00a0\u00a0 That\u00a0possible future action (which Boeing has never threatened) cannot be tolerated.<\/p>\n Senator Lindsey Graham is outraged.<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/article\/20110424\/BUSINESS\/304240010\/Boeing-case-raises-job-loss-specter<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052748703838004576275404169651560.html?mod=googlenews_wsj<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/businesstechnology\/2014824566_charleston21.html<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.heraldonline.com\/2011\/04\/22\/3008581\/boeing-nlrb-dispute-could-be-long.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s like a page right out of Atlas Shrugged.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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 … Continue reading