In Obama's America: Boeing and Jobs

In Obama’s America, things are never as they seem. Don’t look at what he says. Look at what he does.

Today, Barack held a jobs council in order to determine what to do to create some jobs. Seated next to him was Jeff Imelt, CEO of General Electric. His head is so far up Obama’s rear it would take the jaws of life to pull him out. How sad to watch this charade of a meeting. What a show for you. What a pity for the nation.

If you want to know how Obama handles the lack of growth and jobs in America, consider The Boeing Company…you know… the airplane people. One of Boeing's recent success stories is the development of the fuel efficient 787 Dreamliner. Years in development, it is estimated to increase fuel efficiency aircraft by 20%.

Boeing’s main plant is in Seattle, and it is unionized. The union relationship with Boeing has been tumultuous. There have been four major strikes against Boeing since 1989. In 2008, a 58 day strike cost Boeing $2.8 billion (with a “B”).

In an effort to build goodwill with the International Machinists and Aerospace Workers to build the Dreamliner plant in Seattle, Boeing voluntary entered into non-required negotiations with the union to see what could be agreed upon. This was NOT required under the existing contract. What Boeing got was a demand from the union that it be given a seat on Boeing’s Board of Directors, and that ALL FUTURE PLANES BUILT BY BOEING….EVER….BE BUILT IN SEATTLE. Obviously Boeing couldn’t agree with that.

So Boeing looked for an alternative site, and found one in South Carolina. It invested $2 billion (with a “B”) in the new facility located in North Charleston, SC. It had a ribbon cutting this past week and was about to hire over 1,000 workers when the Obama appointees to the National Labor Relations Board  (who have yet to be approved by Congress) filed a complaint against Boeing for building a plant in a Right to Work state. No union at the plant!!!

This is the first time in history that the NLRB, through its Obama appointees, has tried to say that if a company is located in a union state, it is not allowed to move OR EXPAND in a Right to Work state because that action alone is union intimidation and a threat to union workers. Never mind the fact that the workers in the new plant could agree to join the union if they so chose. The action of the NLRB is so far off the charts that Congress is having a difficult time processing it, and has threatened the legal counsel for the NLRB with subpoenas if he fails to show up to justify this type of action in front of the House Commerce Committee.

In effect, Obama’s America would be comprised of union states and non-union states in which there could be no free interaction of labor and services. It is kind of like the slave/non-slave states before the Civil War, with the new lines being drawn very close to the Mason Dixon line.

In Obama’s America, you will open you plant where he tells you to. But that will never happen. You see, American companies have foreign subsidiaries governed by laws of other countries. So if you are Boeing, where would you build you next plant? In South Carolina? No! In Washington State where the union want to take control of the company? No! The next Boeing plant will be in China or Mexico.  Boeing will NEVER build another plant in the United States.  Obama should be ashamed of himself.

And you wonder why unemployment in this country is 9.1%!!!!! It is in Obama’s America. Don't listen to what he says. Look at what he does...in Obama's America.