GOP to block labor nominees

[The Northerner]

A group of 19 Republican senators is vowing to defeat two of President Barack Obama’s nominations for the National Labor Relations Board after the panel sued Boeing, accusing the aerospace giant of retaliating against union workers.

In a letter sent to Obama, the senators said they would “vigorously oppose” and use all procedural tools to block the confirmations of the board’s Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon and board member Craig Becker, a former union attorney whom Obama granted a recess appointment last year.

The NLRB suit against Boeing is “an attack on millions of workers in 22 right-to-work states, as well as a government-led act of intimidation against American companies that should have the freedom to choose to build plants in right-to-work states,” states the letter, which was made public on Thursday. “If the NLRB prevails, it will only encourage companies to make their investments in foreign nations, moving jobs and economic growth overseas.”

The letter is the latest salvo in a national fight over so-called right-to-work states, which prohibit employers from requiring workers to join a union or pay union dues as a condition of employment. Wisconsin’s efforts to restrict union rights for public employees set off weeks of protests by labor groups in Madison earlier this year.

On Wednesday, South Carolina GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint, as well as Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), rolled out legislation that would bar the federal government from suing or denying contracts to states because of their right-to-work status.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54385.html#ixzz1LY4RuvHG

[sakabatou]

1. SOBs

[rpannier]

2. You can be sure Benjy Nelson will sign on to that legislation nt

[Lasher]

3. Recess appointments.

That's what I would do.