Archive for April, 2011
These are my links for April 25th from 09:14 to 09:32:
- Boeing’s South Carolina 787 assembly line disappointing but not ‘unfair’ – IT was a blow to Puget Sound country when Boeing put its second 787 assembly line in South Carolina. It was also part of a hardball negotiation between the company and the International Association of Machinists. This page regretted Boeing's decision, but has never thought of it as something that could be, or should be, reversed by the federal government.
The National Labor Relations Board has labeled Boeing's decision an unfair labor practice, and is asking a federal court to order the line to be moved to Washington. We would celebrate the day Boeing decided to do that — but it is Boeing's decision.
The company and the union are both grown-ups here. Each knows its rights.
The union has a right to strike. It may be unwise to strike at a particular time, such as the month Wall Street had its worst collapse in 75 years, but it is the union's right.
The company has the right to build assembly plants. It can build them in South Carolina or in Afghanistan if it likes. Its decision may be unwise, but it is Boeing's.
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An unfair labor practice?
Not a chance and should some federal judge tell Boeing where to locate its assembly plant in Washington state, anyone want to bet Boeing moves out of the United States?
This is a gross overreach by the Leftists Obama has appointed to the National Labor Relations Board.
- Bad News for Boeing – Boeing, the Chicago-based aviation company, already has one government-induced headache. Its main rival, Airbus SAS, has received from European nations about $20 billion in subsidies that are prohibited by international trade agreements. That is challenging enough for Boeing as it tries to compete in an international market.
But when the U.S. government tries to dictate where Boeing can do business … that's even harder to stomach.
This week, the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint over Boeing's plans to open a plant in South Carolina. Boeing is not seeking to outsource work to a foreign country. Boeing has chosen a manufacturing location in the U.S. based on cost and risk factors. It plans to open a second production line of its 787 Dreamliner plane there. The plant has been built.
Boeing executives have acknowledged that they were reluctant to expand in Washington state because of the risk of a labor strike. Boeing's workers in Washington belong to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Its plant in South Carolina would be nonunion.
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John Galt anyone?
Tags: Barack, Boeing, NLRB, Obama
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According to the latest ARG Poll.
The poll was conducted April 16 – 21 with 600 likely Republican primary voters. The margin of error is 4%.
- Mitt Romney – 32%
- Donald Trump – 17%
- Newt Gingrich – 8%
- Rudy Giuliani – 8%
- Mike Huckabee – 8%
With Mike Huckabee’s lead in Iowa, and Mitt Romney’s lead in New Hampshire, it looks like a stalemate until the Nevada caucuses, South Carolina and Florida primary elections. If no other candidates step forward soon, would the GOP consider a tag team of Romney and Huckabee?
Tags: Donald Trump, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Polling, President 2012, Rudy Giuliani
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These are my links for April 25th from 01:32 to 08:21:
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As most Flapsblog.com readers know I have never been particularly amored with Mitt Romney and his run for the Presidency – both in 2008 and in the coming campaign. Jennifer Rubin over at the Washington Post interviewed Michael Graham who has put up this website AnyoneButMitt.com.
His rationale is pretty much the CW knock on Mitt Romney. You know RomneyCare, his numerous Flip Flops on the issues, the inauthenticity.
There are a lot of Republicans so desperate to end the disaster that is the Obama administration that they’d support ANYONE if they thought he/she would win in November 2012. (Once again, see “Trump, Donald.”) The point of www.anyonebutmitt.com is to make sure GOP primary voters understand early on that Romney is a guaranteed loser.
Yes he’s slicker, better looking and better prepared today — but this is a good as Romney’s going to get. Other candidates, like [Tim] Pawlenty, [Rick] Santorum, perhaps a [Mitch] Daniels, [Paul] Ryan or [Chris] Christie, have room to grow.
And, indeed there are other candidates that either have or have not entered the race that will be more appealing than Romney – if they run. What is holding them back?
President Obama’s perceived weakness.
My best bet is that Mike Huckabee will run and win in Iowa. Next, will be New Hampshire and whoever beats Romney or comes in a strong second will go forward to South Carolina and Florida.
Mike Huckabee might be the Anyone But Mitt candidate. However, I would not rule out Mitch Daniels, Chris Christie or Paul Ryan. Tags: Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, President 2012
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Day By Day by Chris Muir
The Boeing Vs. NLRB flap is an egregious overreach by the the Big Government of the Obama Administration.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which has been running amok to do favors for organized labor under Obama, is now trying to tell Boeing where it can manufacture planes:
Boeing announced in 2007 that it planned to assemble seven 787 Dreamliner airplanes per month in the Puget Sound area of Washington state, where its employees have long been represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The company later said that it would create a second production line to assemble an additional three planes a month to address a growing backlog of orders. In October 2009, Boeing announced that it would locate that second line at the non-union facility.
In repeated statements to employees and the media, company executives cited the unionized employees’ past strike activity and the possibility of strikes occurring sometime in the future as the overriding factors in deciding to locate the second line in the non-union facility.
The NLRB launched an investigation of the transfer of second line work in response to charges filed by the Machinists union and found reasonable cause to believe that Boeing had violated two sections of the National Labor Relations Act because its statements were coercive to employees and its actions were motivated by a desire to retaliate for past strikes and chill future strike activity.
The second line is being located in South Carolina — a right to work state. As Phil Klein reports, Boeing and South Carolina senator Jim DeMint are not at all amused by this stunt by the NLRB.
And, people scoff at what Ayn Rand wrote decades ago cannot happen?
There IS the rub, John Galt.
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Tags: Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, Boeing, Day By Day, NLRB
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These are my links for April 24th from 17:51 to 18:01:
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