Boeing vs. the NLRB: A Naked Power Grab by Radical Pro-Unionists
Hey Joseph I am amused that you take offense at us here calling a spade a spade. I worked for Lockheed Missiles and Space in 1984 in Sunnyvale, CA. I had an aircraft power supply on my desk since my job title was HARDWARE ENGINEER. Get that? Read those two words carefully. So I wanted to carry the unit to an assembly area to check on something, and started on my way down the hallway. I was new on the job so this very very self important guy – a nonwhite guy I had never seen – accosted me and very angrily dressed me down, and very thuggishly threatened me (not with violence) if I continued on my way. It still came off as THUGGISH — like why did he not introduce himself and nicely ask the white guy if he knows about about “work rules”. Turns out this guy was a “shop steward”, and I was violating rules providing that only union guys can transport pieces of product. So I, as HARDWARE ENGINEER, caused, by actually handling HARDWARE, a mental meltdown in one of these oh-so-rational union thugs. This is what has happened to Detroit. Slam down operational efficiency 50 percent by force of union work rules, and other “benefits” and you get Nissan setting up shop in TN, without this 50% penalty — such as GM has across town at Spring Hill and you have what you have. That is, severely crippled American iconic corporations, and Boeing is next in line thank you.
