NRLB sues Boeing, claims they moved production line to S. Carolina in retaliation for strikes

[Ross]

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In most states, once a workplace is unionized, employees are required to
join the union or they can't work there.
But 22 states, including South Carolina, have passed laws that give employees
the right not to join. Hence the term "right-to-work."

Between 1977-08, employment grew 100% in
right-to-work states vs. the national average of 71% and 56.5% in non-right-to-work states.
That's according to a January study that Ohio University economics professor Richard Vedder
did for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.

In this period, real per capita income in the right-to-work states grew
62.3% vs. the national average of 54.7% and 52.8% for non-right-to-work states.

Source of extract ...
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/

[leistb]

Originally Posted by Ross

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Source of extract ...
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/

Right to work map:

[Ought Six]

http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/07...#ixzz1SfDxJQEq

Now Bell Helicopter in Texas is facing a similar NLRB complaint for moving 100 jobs from Fort Worth to Amarillo.

[SSG Rex]

Far as I'm concerned, if they're keeping the jobs IN THE US, the company is doing the right thing. More of this union BS will drive them to take their factories and jobs elsewhere.
So...does that make unions a National Security threat?

[dyrt]

I think I would sue too if I had to move to Amarillo . . . even if I was not in the goonion.

[Ought Six]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...onal-subpoena/

Congress issues subpoena to NLRB for information about its lawsuit against Boeing. NLRB ignores the congressional subpoena.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/transportat...eing-documents

Judicial Watch is now suing the NLRB for ignoring a FOIA request for documents on the lawsuit against Boeing.

[Ought Six]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011...#ixzz1Xpkr0dSM

House to Vote on Bill to Block Government Case Against Boeing

[Ought Six]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...rd-nlrb-power/

House OKs GOP bill to curtail NLRB’s authority

I expect that the Dems in the Senate will kill this bill.

[dyrt]

Obama will throw them under the bus.

[Ought Six]

http://news.investors.com/Article/59...h-carolina.htm

Boeing, Union Settle NLRB Suit Over S.C. Plant

Details are here:

http://www.goiam.org/index.php/news/...oeings-737-max

Machinists Union members will vote next week on a four-year contract extension that includes a commitment by the Boeing Co. to build its 737 MAX passenger jet in Washington state. Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said the tentative agreement also would ensure continuation of wide-body aircraft work in Puget Sound.

In addition to the job security language, terms of the four-year proposal include:

* Annual wage increases of 2 percent, plus cost-of-living adjustments;
* An incentive program intended to pay bonuses between 2 and 4 percent;
* A ratification bonus of $5,000 for each member;
* Increases to the formula for calculating pensions in each year of the pact; and
* Guarantees that new hires would continue to receive traditional pensions.

[Sysiphus]

The labor deal is only for 4 years, so we shall see what happens in 2015. Still, this is a positive sign that perhaps the machinist union is starting to figure it out.