Little-Acorn
09-15-2011, 01:27 PM
This stems from the Natl Labor Relations Board order forbidding Boeing from opening a new plant in South Carolina to produce airliners, an order they gave to favor unions.
The notion that an unelected board can tell a private company where it can and cannot open plants, is grotesque, of course, in any country other than the Soviet Union.
In past generations, unions did great work, resisting unscrupulous owners etc. and fighting for decent working conditions and workers' "rights". And they accomplished their goals. After they did all the fighting, bleeding, and dying, Congress then made laws mandating what the unions had achieved. Probably have to wonder how the unions felt about that - would have been nice if Congress had simply done that a few years earlier, BEFORE the unions had to rip their guts out, and save everybody a lot of trouble.
But now, unions have outgrown their usefulness. Unfortunately, they have turned to bleeding their companies, forcing outrageous wage scales, vacation schedules, retirement plans, etc., far beyond any reasonable and decent arrangements; and have been forcing comanies to cave to them or die. An example is the protests against Boeing opening this new plant in a state where union membership is NOT mandatory. The worthwhile things unions fought for so long ago, are still in place, and codified in Federal law, whether the plant is in (union) Washingtons State or (non-union) South Carolina. Forcing union membership now, is merely a way of forcing company-strangling perks and huge benefits rather than decent working conditions and wages (which the workers will get anyway).
Since unions are insisting on these things, and trying to use force of law to get them, it is time for those unions to have the force of law taken away. The good things they fought for will remain, of course (something the unions will try not to admit). The bill passed today by the House is the first example of trimming the power the unions have been abuseing.
Naturally, it will never get through the Democrats in the Senate who absolutely depend on union money and thuggery for their seats, at least until most of those Democrats are kicked out in the next two elections. But it's a good start, for now.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/15/boeing-labor-bill-set-to-pass-house-but-serves-political-divide-more-than/
House Passes Bill to Limit Labor Relations Board Authority
Published September 15, 2011
Associated Press
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would undermine the government's case accusing Boeing Co. of retaliating against union workers.
The measure, approved on a 238-186 vote, would limit the National Labor Relations Board's enforcement power by prohibiting the agency from ordering any employer to shut down plants or relocate work, even after a company had violated labor laws.
Republicans and their allies in the business community have criticized the National Labor Relations Board for more than a year as the agency issued a spate of union-friendly decisions and rules.
The notion that an unelected board can tell a private company where it can and cannot open plants, is grotesque, of course, in any country other than the Soviet Union.
In past generations, unions did great work, resisting unscrupulous owners etc. and fighting for decent working conditions and workers' "rights". And they accomplished their goals. After they did all the fighting, bleeding, and dying, Congress then made laws mandating what the unions had achieved. Probably have to wonder how the unions felt about that - would have been nice if Congress had simply done that a few years earlier, BEFORE the unions had to rip their guts out, and save everybody a lot of trouble.
But now, unions have outgrown their usefulness. Unfortunately, they have turned to bleeding their companies, forcing outrageous wage scales, vacation schedules, retirement plans, etc., far beyond any reasonable and decent arrangements; and have been forcing comanies to cave to them or die. An example is the protests against Boeing opening this new plant in a state where union membership is NOT mandatory. The worthwhile things unions fought for so long ago, are still in place, and codified in Federal law, whether the plant is in (union) Washingtons State or (non-union) South Carolina. Forcing union membership now, is merely a way of forcing company-strangling perks and huge benefits rather than decent working conditions and wages (which the workers will get anyway).
Since unions are insisting on these things, and trying to use force of law to get them, it is time for those unions to have the force of law taken away. The good things they fought for will remain, of course (something the unions will try not to admit). The bill passed today by the House is the first example of trimming the power the unions have been abuseing.
Naturally, it will never get through the Democrats in the Senate who absolutely depend on union money and thuggery for their seats, at least until most of those Democrats are kicked out in the next two elections. But it's a good start, for now.
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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/15/boeing-labor-bill-set-to-pass-house-but-serves-political-divide-more-than/
House Passes Bill to Limit Labor Relations Board Authority
Published September 15, 2011
Associated Press
The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would undermine the government's case accusing Boeing Co. of retaliating against union workers.
The measure, approved on a 238-186 vote, would limit the National Labor Relations Board's enforcement power by prohibiting the agency from ordering any employer to shut down plants or relocate work, even after a company had violated labor laws.
Republicans and their allies in the business community have criticized the National Labor Relations Board for more than a year as the agency issued a spate of union-friendly decisions and rules.