Flap’s Links and Comments for August 29th through August 30th
Posted by Flap in Pinboard LinksThese are my links for August 29th through August 30th:
- NLRB pleases unions by strangling economy – President Barack Obama is trying to tiptoe around the National Labor Relations Board's effort to block Boeing Co. from opening a $750 million plant in South Carolina and bringing that state nearly 1,000 jobs.
The president has good reason to want to distance himself from an asinine decision that threatens to kill jobs, hamper productivity and drive corporations overseas.
But the president can't hide from the facts. His pro-union NLRB appointees are responsible for this outrage.
The board, acting on the complaints of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, has charged Boeing with unfair labor practices.
Its offense? The company, which had suffered a series of strikes in Washington state, built a new, nonunion plant in South Carolina. The NLRB is trying to make the company do similar production work in Washington, which Boeing says would force it to close the plant altogether.
No Boeing jobs, it should be stressed, were lost in Washington, where Boeing still operates.
The NLRB's reasoning is irrational.
American businesses should be able to operate wherever economic conditions are favorable.
The NLRB stand would anchor a company to a state where it has unionized operations, giving businesses good reason not to locate in union states in the first place.
The board accuses Boeing of choosing South Carolina in retribution for costly Washington state strikes in the past. Labor laws prevent companies from retaliating against workers who strike. Executives had indeed complained about prior strikes.
But there was no retaliation. No union worker lost a paycheck. Company officials simply decided to build its new Dreamliner jet in a state they thought offered a better business environment.
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Obama has a NLRB problem going into the 2012 election cycle.
- Leaving Labor Board, Liebman Responds to Critics – Rarely has a federal agency been attacked with as much vitriol as the National Labor Relations Board now faces.
Conservative newsletters describe the presidentially appointed board as “Marxism on the march” and its members as “socialist goons.” Business groups denounce it as a handmaiden of union bosses, while Representative Michele Bachmann, a Republican presidential candidate, says she will shut down the agency if elected.
And Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, vowed to cripple the board by blocking confirmation of any future Democratic nominees after the agency’s top lawyer sought to block a Boeing plant in his state.
All this has deeply troubled Wilma B. Liebman, who constantly defended the board in her position as its chairwoman — a post she gave up on Sunday when her term expired. In an interview last week, Ms. Liebman insisted that the agency was misunderstood.
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Misunderstood no – left ideology = yes.
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove – Flap's Dentistry Blog: Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove – Flap's Dentistry Blog: Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove
- Former Vice President Richard Cheney to Speak at the Reagan Presidential Library » Flap’s California Blog – Former Vice President Richard Cheney to Speak at the Reagan Presidential Library
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove – RE: Again, Mr. Cook should open up his Facebook Page as an open group. Then, whatever information that is being poste…
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Social Media Drills Bakersfield Pediatric Dentist Dr. Dove – RE: Cook should open up his Facebook Page as a public group and then we can scrutinize the complaints and comment.
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- President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Perry 27% Vs. Romney 14% Vs. Palin 10% Vs. Bachmann and Giuliani 9% | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012 GOP Poll Watch: Perry 27% Vs. Romney 14% Vs. Palin 10% Vs. Bachmann and Giuliani 9% #tcot #catcot
- Flap’s California Afternoon Collection: August 29, 2011 » Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Afternoon Collection: August 29, 2011
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Dental Test Can Catch Early Oral Cancer – Dental Test Can Catch Early Oral Cancer
- Fosamax Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Lawsuit Set for Trial September 7 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Fosamax Osteonecrosis of the Jaw Lawsuit Set for Trial September 7 #tcot #catcot
- Dilbert August 29, 2011 – Greatest Idea? » Flap’s California Blog – Dilbert August 29, 2011 – Greatest Idea?
- Doesn’t Colin Powell Owe Scooter Libby an Apology? | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Doesn’t Colin Powell Owe Scooter Libby an Apology? #tcot #catcot
- Day By Day August 29, 2011 – Bras Not Bros | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Day By Day August 29, 2011 – Bras Not Bros #tcot #catcot
- Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform: Vote NO on AB 155 » Flap’s California Blog – Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform: Vote NO on AB 155
- Flap’s Links and Comments for August 29th on 08:31 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Links and Comments for August 29th on 08:31 #tcot #catcot
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