House GOP looks to undo mess caused by NLRB Boeing decision

Washington Times:

House Republicans on Thursday pressed to rein in the National Labor Relations Board in its fight to stop a nonunion factory being built by aerospace giant Boeing, pushing forward a bill that would eliminate the regulator’s authority to oversee private business decisions on investment and where companies can relocate.

The House Committee on Education and the Workplace voted 23-16 to bring the bill to the floor, following a Thursday-morning markup. Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican, who is the panel’s chairman, said he expects a floor vote by the full House next week.

The NLRB filed an action in April to prevent the opening of the massive $750 million new plant near Charleston, S.C., intended to build Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, contending the company was illegally punishing its union workers in its Washington state manufacturing base by opening the new plant.

“This is the economic death penalty for workers,” Rep. Trey Gowdy, South Carolina Republican, told the committee. NLRB officials “have abused this remedy, and they should lose it.”

Added Mr. Kline: “Creating an environment hostile to American job creation at a time when 14 million workers are unemployed is unacceptable. We simply cannot allow federal bureaucrats to reverse the business decisions of employers.”

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Democrats are against the jobs bill. They seek to increase the leverage of union thugs in forced union states. It will probably be an issue in the 2012 election.

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