Flap’s Links and Comments for April 25th on 09:14

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?