NLRB threatens Boeing's job growth in Texas, other states

Article by Greg Abbott, attorney general of Texas. From the San Antonio Express-News, 6-17. Excerpts:

"The NLRB filed a complaint against Boeing at the request of labor unions in Washington State, which is home to Boeing's original 787 Dreamliner factory. Like Texas, South Carolina is a “right-to-work” state, which means state law protects employees from being forced to join a labor union or pay union dues. While Boeing determined that expanding into South Carolina was in its best business interest, labor unions and the NLRB are incorrectly claiming that Boeing's decision constituted “retaliation” against its union workforce — despite the fact that Boeing eliminated no union jobs and actually added 2,000 union workers in Washington."

"But as our brief explains, the NLRB's proposal is not just harmful to Texas and other right-to-work states. It also poses a significant threat to heavily unionized states like Washington and Michigan. As the Detroit News recently put it in an editorial lambasting the NLRB's proposal, “What new firm would invest in Michigan knowing that its union could then block its expansion to a less unionized state?”"