Comments on: NLRB: Dems say toMAYto, Boehner says toMAHto

By: John W

John W — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:20:59 +0000

“The terms Middle Class and American worker are not synonymous with collective bargaining and union rights.”

Historically, unions played a major role in creating a broad middle class. We’re now in a different time (post-industrial and globalization), with both the middle class and unions in steep decline. Unions represent only about 7 percent of private sector workers. Public sector unions are a whole ‘nother subject and make me head explode #@$%!

By: John W

John W — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:02:06 +0000

Re: #3 “When was the last time the NLRB ruled in favor of an employer…”

Is this “quiz” a rhetorical question, or is there an answer?

By: Publius

Publius — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:35:50 +0000

The terms Middle Class and American worker are not synonyomous with collective bargaining and union rights. Miller loves to push the union agenda using the Middle Class and the American worker as human shields. The fact that this reasonable bill is “DOA” in tne Senate is another example of Democrats obstructing job creation and forcing American jobs over seas. Union yes, job creation and strengthening the middle class NO.

By: KB

KB — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:14:39 +0000

They didn’t “move” anything. All plants in Washington are still there, and Boeing has hired 2,000 more union workers in Washington since this started with additional product lines. When deciding where to open a NEW Dreamliner facility, they chose SC. No union members lost jobs. You can’t force a company to open a new facility where YOU want it to. They can open new plants wherever they want. At least this one was in the US and not some other country.

By: RR, Senile Columnist

RR, Senile Columnist — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:39:33 +0000

Here’s a quick quiz: When was the last time the NLRB ruled in favor of an employer over a union?

By: Elwood

Elwood — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:19:51 +0000

Employers have shut down or moved factories for a variety of reasons, including union intransigence, for a long time. This is nothing new.

What’s new is the socialist O’bummer administration.

The NLRB is out of its collective mind.

By: John W

John W — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:45:37 +0000

As a Democrat and a former Seattle resident who fully appreciates what Boeing means to the Puget Sound economy, I’m embarrassed at the NLRB’s actions. Is there any precedent for government telling a company that it can’t open a plant in another state, regardless of motive? Could this possibly stand up in court? By what statutory authority did the NLRB rule? States take jobs from other states all the time. John Boehner was on CNBC today and put it this way: “a company can move a factory to China, but it can’t move to another state?” I’m no fan of Boehner, but methinks the man has a point.