Is There Nothing That Obama Can’t Do?

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The man has a certain Chavez-y way about him;

In what may be the strongest signal yet of the new pro-labor orientation of the National Labor Relations Board under President Obama, the agency filed a complaint Wednesday seeking to force Boeing to bring an airplane production line back to its unionized facilities in Washington State instead of moving the work to a nonunion plant in South Carolina.

Remember – Bush was the “fascist”.

23 Replies to “Is There Nothing That Obama Can’t Do?”

  1. bush the fascist was perfectly willing to do the same but opposite; move prod’n from the unionized plant to the non-union site.

  2. Obama owes his ass to the unions…At the same time it helps further scare business from investing to create jobs…All win win for Barry; he now knows his chances for reelection are slim to none so it’s full speed ahead towards the cliff…
    ping is to the left of pong, right? 😉

  5. South Carolina is a “right to work” state.
    Here’s some of what Gov. Nikki Haley had to say regarding this decision…
    “We absolutely will not allow them to bully our businesses or mess with our employees. As governor, I absolutely will not stand for it”
    Senator Jim DeMint R-S.C. had this: “This means inside our own government is union thugs trying to bully and intimidate,” DeMint said. “The signal they’re trying to send to any company in America is if you move to a right-to-work state, they’re going to make it painful for you.”
    Senator Lindsey Graham R-S.C. had this: “Boeing came here because it was a darn good deal for Boeing and a great deal for South Carolina,” the S.C. Republican said. “Boeing is going to stay here. They are going nowhere, just like this complaint, eventually, will go nowhere.”
    http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9MONL0O0.htm

  7. For a different Democrat point of view, let’s ask the mayors of Charleston and North Charleston, S.C. for some inputt:
    “This is a shameful act. It is outrageous and extraordinarily wasteful,” added Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., the only Democrat at the news conference. “Huge sums of money will be spent on this litigation and Boeing will prevail, without any question.” He said no one in Washington lost a job because of the Boeing decision and, in fact, jobs were added in the Northwest.”
    “I will apologize to the employees of Boeing that you have to go through this because this is ludicrous,” said North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey. “When our own federal government stands in the way of economic growth and development in this country, it’s ludicrous.”
    http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/04/22/south-carolina-politicans-fight-for-boeing-right-to-work/
    … Right to Work.

  9. Obama (and indeed, the NDP in this country) are very tightly aligned with the antics of fascists.
    Hitler was named “Man of the Year” in 1938 by Time Magazine and they noted Hitler’s anti-capitalistic economic policies:
    “Most cruel joke of all, however, has been played by Hitler & Co. on those German capitalists and small businessmen who once backed National Socialism as a means of saving Germany’s bourgeois economic structure from radicalism. The Nazi credo that the individual belongs to the state also applies to business. Some businesses have been confiscated outright, on other what amounts to a capital tax has been levied. Profits have been strictly controlled. Some idea of the increasing Governmental control and interference in business could be deduced from the fact that 80% of all building and 50% of all industrial orders in Germany originated last year with the Government. Hard-pressed for food- stuffs as well as funds, the Nazi regime has taken over large estates and in many instances collectivized agriculture, a procedure fundamentally similar to Russian Communism.”
    (Source: Time Magazine; January 2, 1939.)

  10. Here’s the back-story on what led to Boeing’s decision to open up the new 787 line in SC.
    In 1989, the International Association of Machinists engaged in a 48-day strike against Boeing which caused the company to miss orders and resulted in sales being $2 billion less than projected.
    In 1995, the IAM struck again—this time lasting 69 days.
    In 2005, while not as lengthy as prior strikes, the IAM struck Boeing for four weeks.
    In 2008, the IAM struck Boeing for 58 days and cost the company $1.8 billion.
    In 2009, with orders for its new 787 having been put in jeopardy Boeing officials began exploring alternatives to having to deal with union strikes every three or four years. One alternative was to talk to the union about obtaining longer contracts with no-strike clauses and the other was to begin searching for location for a second production line outside of the Puget Sound area. It decided to do both.
    Boeing entered into discussions with the IAM, something that even the NLRB noted it did not have to do:
    The investigation did not find merit to the union’s charge that Boeing failed to bargain in good faith over its decision regarding the second line. Although a decision to locate unit work would typically be a mandatory subject of bargaining, in this case, the union had waived its right to bargain on the issue in its collective bargaining agreement with Boeing.
    As Boeing is a huge employer in the Puget Sound, the local media coverage was quite extensive as the talks between the IAM and Boeing were taking place. Eventually, however, the union’s demands in exchange for a long contract (and no strikes) were too great and talks broke down. According to a statement from Boeing:
    Boeing had hoped to secure a long-term agreement with a no-strike clause that would ensure production stability for its customers and be cost competitive for the future. In exchange, however, the IAM insisted upon terms unacceptable to Boeing, including a guarantee that Boeing would place all future commercial airplane production in Puget Sound, and a promise from the company to remain neutral in all IAM union organizing campaigns nationwide. When an agreement with IAM leaders could not be reached, Boeing opted to build the new facility in North Charleston.
    http://www.rightwingnewswatch.com/2011/04/21/in-shot-heard-around-business-world-obama%E2%80%99s-labor-board-issues-complaint-against-boeing/
    I don’t have the references handy , but the Seattle Times even had articles a while back basically alluding to a non business friendly environment in WA and hitting the state legislators about it. The theme was, “what did you expect?”
    And;
    There were fears that not just the 787 could be built in SC ,,,but that line could easily accommodate the 737-800 line if Boeing decided to invest more in that plant.

  13. I don’t understand why the Republicans are so concerned about what measures it will take to bring Obamugabe’s
    tsunami of spending under control and then what are the painful choices that will have to be made to correct it.
    They would be further ahead to realize that big “O” intends to pull a Weimer Republik debauch the currency,
    pay off the debt with worthless paper, leave the Chinese high and dry, and destroy the American middle class.
    Once the middle class is negated, the road to serfdom and many of the crazy variants of socialism beckon with
    minimal opposition from the now powerless.

  14. Boeing has built the new plant and have said they “will vigorously defend their right” to assemble planes where and how they chose. They are also building a new plant in Texas.
    Gonna be a good fight, Barry is going to regret it.

  16. sargeant yellow:
    serfdom requires an upper class.
    so who will populate that class? the leftists or the republican CEOs?

  17. Mao Tse Ping
    Definitely the leftists, just like Layton and Olivia are trying to do now.

  18. Ping- 6:56
    “serfdom requires an upper class- so who will populate that class? the leftists or the republican CEOs?”
    Don’t rush out to order your tux just yet Ping.

  21. “If I owned Boeing I’d buy national airtime to explain why I’m about to shutter my plants.”
    and considering moving production to China!!!

  22. Grant
    No problem, just blow that fascist Jefferson off the mountain first. If he had made it simple to change the constitution, as he should have, things would be so much easier for the Democrats these days.

  23. The really offensive part of this was the sub story of how Craig Becker got to run the NLRB. The senate rejected the guy 52-43 in a bipartisan vote and Obama simply thumbed his nose at them and appointed him anyway.
    And if I was making the decisions at Boeing, I would just start manufacturing aircraft at the new plant. What’s Obama going to do? Send in the National Guard or the Army?

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