The bill. which passed the House with a party line vote, truncates the "Due Process" provision of our USA Constitution. The bill itself could have unintentional consequences. Both Nancy Pelosi and Steni Hoyer were on the floor of the House yesterday warning this was a bad bill. It definately is. Boeing is a long standing and beloved USA compnay. It also enjoys the expertise of American labor. That cannot be ignored.
There are plenty of aerospace companies, states and even whole countries that would like to strip Washington of that title, she said.
One prize for which the state is competing is the location of a new plant to build the 737 MAX, a variant of the world's best-selling airplane that's built in Renton. Boeing is expected to make that decision in about six months.
The Renton plant is in the running, but as Gregoire said, "We take nothing for granted." Boeing got the contract to build new refueling planes for the U.S. Air Force in part because of a strong community partnership that lobbied for a Washington-built plane, she said....
The Aerospace industry belongs in the USA, whether that means a South Carolina plant for Boeing is a question for administrative courts, the NLRB, to decide. The idea that Boeing could literally rob well trained, seasonsed and senior employees of their jobs for a better bottom line is not only bad business, but, it is bad for the country in a global market place.
The USA relies on a competent aerospace industry for its national defense and space related programs. To believe that can be substituted for profit driven reasons is hideous. I am quite confident part of the mission of the NLRB is to maintain the competency of the employee in such a sensitive industry as well as their rights under collective bargaining laws. As a rule, unions add to the competency of their employees through peer support on the job and educational opportunities off the job.
That said, the real problem with HR 2587 is that it truncates Due Process. The law itself is unconstitutional and even if the President were to sign such a hideous legislative attempt by four freshman House members the first stop for it would be the courts. It would be defeated in the lower courts and upheld throughout. Due Process is what makes this democracy possible and to realize this bill seeks to remove that process and the fullest extent of that process is ridiculous.
The bill was composed by self-righteous freshman which is the plague of the USA House, but, it was co-signed by more senior members of the House that share the desire to disarm the USA Constitution.
