House to vote on bill targeting Boeing labor case

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By SAM HANANEL

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is poised to pass a measure that would undermine the government's high-profile labor case against Boeing Co. by curtailing the National Labor Relations Board's enforcement power.

The bill would prohibit the federal agency from ordering any employer to shut down plants or relocate work, even if a company illegally retaliates against unionized employees.

House Republicans say the board should not have the power to dictate where a private business can locate. GOP lawmakers have vilified the NLRB for filing a complaint in April that alleges Boeing punished union workers in Washington state when it opened a new production line for its 787 airplane in South Carolina, a right-to-work state.

"This action is having a chilling effect on businesses all across the country," said Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.

Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20110915/D9POSV901.html

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, accompanied by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, to charge that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is playing politics and hindering job growth because of the NLRB's action against Seattle-based Boeing, charging the aircraft manufacturer wanted to build a factory in South Carolina, a right-to-work-state, in order avoid union problems. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

[global1]

1. Of Course Lindsey (SC) Would Support This.......nt

[Proletariatprincess]

2. Labor Laws are an anethma to Republicans...

workers and their unions have no rights that Repubs. feel obligated to respect and the laws be damned.
I really do hate these scumbags.

[angstlessk]

3. "This action is having a chilling effect on businesses all across the country,"

Isn't that what laws are supposed to do, long prison sentences puts a 'chilling effect' on bank robbery..(unless you are a bank executive)

[MrNJ]

4. No chance of passing the Senate.

Repugs sure like to waste time debating and voting on a bill that is DOA.

[Kingofalldems]

5. Repubs: Bring back Feudalism

The job creators need this to move forward.

[Metta]

6. This is fascism in action. Here and now.

and naked.