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NLRB Moves to Punish Right-to-Work States and their Businesses [The State and the Union]
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| 2011-04-21
| Billy Gribbin
Posted on 04/25/2011 8:41:05 AM PDT by 92nina
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To: sigzero
“Quite honestly, even if Boeing doesnt like the union, they should be able to move their plants wherever the hell they want.”
Of course, and what a sad world we live in where you have to preface such a statement with “quite honestly.” That’s like having to say “Quite honestly, even if I don’t like unions, I should be able to go to the bathroom when I choose.”
To: JimRed
“What law says you can’t move your business?”
Why, the infamous Gimme Your Money, Sucker, Sincerely, the Unions Act of 2008.
To: 92nina
IAM can kiss off. If the boss wants you to work for him, its at his good grace that you get to work for his money. If the boss doesnt want you to work for him....YOU”RE FIRED.
No explanation needed.
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posted on
04/25/2011 10:51:16 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Make your choice ! There are NO civilians.)
To: chimera
The NLRB has some authority delegated to it by Congress, but its Orders don't have any force standing alone. Enforcement orders must be granted by federal Courts of Appeal.
So Boeing doesn't need to appeal anything. It can ignore the Board unless and until the Board seeks enforcement of the Order with an appropriate court. That's where the real fight will be.
To: stylecouncilor
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posted on
04/25/2011 11:28:18 AM PDT
by
onedoug
(If)
To: Bruce Campbells Chin
I don't know, it seems kind of dangerous, granting Constitutional authority to an extra-Constitutional agency. That sounds like an end-run around the checks-and-balances established by the Founders when they drafted the Constitution. Obama’s “Czars” were questionable on similar grounds. Having persons or agencies unaccountable to the electorate exercising powers reserved by the Constitution to persons or agencies who are accountable seems a de facto veto by the Executive of powers heretofore reserved to another branch of government. I would then invoke the Separation clause as well as the Commerce clause in challenging the constitutionality of the action.
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posted on
04/25/2011 11:52:09 AM PDT
by
chimera
To: chimera
I agree with you on this, and it really goes back to a series of decisions the Supreme Court made decades ago regarding these administrative agencies. Scalia once famously labelled the U.S. Sentencing Commission as sort of a "junior-varsity Congress" because it had been given authority that should be Congress' alone. You could google "Mistretta" (the name of that case) and read his entire entertaining rant on the subject.
In any case, I wasn't trying to open that can of worms here. I was simply trying to point out the legal power of the NLRB, and what it meant in this particular situation.
To: Paine in the Neck
If the company cannot shift SOME production to a work-friendly state, why not shift ALL production there? Or, as the next poster stated, to China? Or Canada, for that matter - close by, lots of educated people, not a far hop for executives in Washington state.
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posted on
04/25/2011 12:38:48 PM PDT
by
tbw2
To: Tublecane
The labor law doctrine at issue is that of a "runaway shop". What makes this ruling different is that it would apply to a facility that has not yet even been built.
I don't like the doctrine even as its applied normally, to the relocation of an existing plant for the purpose of evading a union.
To: nutmeg; l8pilot; 2A Patriot; 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; 77Jimmy; ...
Thanks for the ping nutmeg.
The NRLB is completely stacked with union labor thugs thanks to the thug-in-chief, nobama.
South Carolina
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posted on
04/25/2011 12:54:42 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
To: Bruce Campbells Chin
It seems to be a natural consequence of a bigger and more complex, centralized government. Eventually the growth expands beyond the boundaries of control of where the ultimate power theoretically exists in a representational government (the electorate). So you have these czars and agencies operating almost in a vacuum, insulated from the controls built into the system of checks and balances. When agencies like the NLRB start encroaching on Constitutionally-mandated authority of a legislative branch, it behooves of to point that out (not that it will necessarily make any difference).
The Obama Administration seems particularly roguish in this respect. There have been quite a few documented cases where the Executive has essentially told other branches like the Judicial and Legislative to basically shove it when it comes to implementing its agenda. I can't help but think if it were a Republican administration doing that the media and the legal academic community would be screaming bloody murder. But Odouchebag gets a pass, naturally.
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posted on
04/25/2011 12:55:18 PM PDT
by
chimera
To: chimera
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits.... Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy in America, published in 1835
To: upchuck
Nice to hear from you again, upchuck. I really hope North Charleston gets that Boeing plant as planned...
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posted on
04/26/2011 9:54:52 AM PDT
by
nutmeg
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