The Associated Press, using a report from The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., says Rep. Tim Scott, a Republican from that state, asked President Obama Wednesday to intervene in the National Labor Relations Board lawsuit against Boeing.
Scott made the request during a discuss about the d
ebt ceiling between the president and GOP lawmakers.
He suggested if Obama is interested in growing the economy, the NLRB should stop meddling with right-to-work states like South Carolina. Scott says Obama told him it’s a legal matter now and would be challenging for him to weigh in.
The NLRB has filed a complaint against Boeing saying that choosing South Carolina for a new 787 assembly plant is retaliation against the machinists union in Washington state for past strikes.
A hearing is scheduled later this month.
In a separate move, the National Right to Work Foundation announced in a news release Thursday that it was providing free legal assistance to a group of Boeing employees in the Charleston area who want to intervene in the labor relations case.
The organization called the case nothing more than an attack on right to work laws.
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