Today the National Labor Relations Board dismissed its case against Boeing. Now this was a long time coming, as the case against Boeing, as Boeing, by wanting to open a plant in the right-to-work (and red) state of South Carolina was fought tooth and nail by the machinist union who represents a number of its Washington state employees. Mind you, none of the Boeing jobs, which date back to at least WWII were in danger. The union was just pissed off that it wasn’t going to be able to grow its dues base.

This dismissal of the case happened ONLY AFTER Boeing made concessions to the union which include pay raises to its members (which makes them feel good that their union is doing something FOR THEM) and a guarantee that they will expand Washington based production (which via more jobs will relay more dues into the union coffers) and provide job security promises (which insure no drop in union dues and keeps employees happy).

This sets a disturbing precedent because it demonstrates that a Federal Agency can be used as a weapon by on constituency against another. It is a clear disruption of interstate commerce because it introduces a new cost to a company who is trying to expand its business from union-thug states into right-to-work states in a manner that is neutral to its union-thug state employees. In other words the union has to be bought off to be able to expand into right-to-work states. Furthermore, with the NLRB, they have a friend in the Federal Government they can use as a weapon against employers. Don’t think for a moment that your least favorite Republican candidate (whomever that may be) would let this crap go on…

This is a dark day for the republic and reminds us that elections do have consequences…

Dr. J.