House launches full scale assault on the National Labor Relations Board

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House rebukes NLRB on Boeing


By SEUNG MIN KIM | 9/15/11 1:38 PM EDT

The GOP-led House on Thursday launched a full-scale assault against the National Labor Relations Board – the first step in their fall goal of rolling back regulations that they say hamper job growth.

The chamber voted 238-186 on a bill that bars the NLRB from forcing businesses to close or relocate jobs — a direct rebuke of a recent decision by the board to block Boeing from moving a plant to South Carolina. The legislation likely doesn’t have much of a future in the Democratic-controlled Senate, although Republicans in the upper chamber have pushed for action on the matter.

“The NLRB has plenty of tools at its disposal to protect workers and hold employers accountable for unlawful labor practices,” said Rep. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who sponsored the bill. “There is simply no reason it should have the power to dictate where a private business can establish its workforce.”

The dispute – which has become a cause célèbre among conservatives — stems from Boeing’s opening of a $1 billion non-union plant in South Carolina, following union strikes that disrupted production of the 787 Dreamliner aircraft in Washington state. The labor board argues that Boeing’s actions were in retaliation against the strikes and a violation of labor laws.

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[Firebrand Gary]

1. Now a federal attack on labor? This will be good.

[global1]

2. The Repugs Target A Group Then They Go After It With A Vengence.....

and take it out. Think ACORN, etc. Unfortunately - the Dems just roll over - not put up a fight and just let them take them out. A real sad situation.

[adhd_what_huh]

3. Unions Are Good for Business, Productivity and the Economy

This is a good article about how labor unions work.


http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/why/uniondifference/uniondiff8.cfm

[ThomWV]

4. Republicans couldn't care less about productivity or the economy, they want to rip and rob right now

Its all about short term profits and dam the consequences.