I write about the Boeing case today. The NLRB is on very tenuous ground here and will almost certainly lose in court. But one expert in these matters was telling me yesterday he wouldn’t be surprised if the game is to try to harass Boeing into agreeing to some sort of card check-like process to unionize the South Carolina facility.
If this is true, then S.C. needs to rush through emergency legislation that recinds all incentives if Boeing makes a deal with the devil.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMore economic terrorism from the Anti-Job administration.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuseright Ed, punish Boeing for trying to survive ... real conservative ...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf SC "card check" is the Obamaniacs play here-- goodbye to the Amerian worker. Boeing, 3M, Cat, United Tech etc will shift their engineering centers to Singapore and assembly to the Kamchatka penninsula in eastern Siberia.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseEven if they have card check at the SC plant, they cannot make an employee join the union in a right-to-work state and any attempt to circumvent the state law and create a closed shop will lead to heavy state fines for Boeing.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt seems unlikely such an effort would succeed. The workers at the existing plant in Charleston /were/ IAM members until just before Boeing announced the move. The Vought shop was union, the workers decertified the union, and then suddenly Boeing announced they were greatly expanding operations at the site. ( As if there were a coincidence. )
The Union is probably just being petty and vengeful about that incident.
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