Romney backs Boeing in labor policy speech

Boeing headquarters, Chicago

As I reported earlier today, Mitt Rommney visited the South Carolina Boeing plant, which is a target of the radicalized NLRB. Well, it was more than a walk through.

From The Hill:

Romney toured Boeing's new South Carolina plant prior to the speech, a strong indication of his commitment to stand with South Carolina in the dispute between that state and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an independent federal agency. The board is suing Boeing for allegedly moving the plant from Washington state in retaliation for labor strikes there.

"It's an assault on business, it's an assault on jobs, it's an assault on states that have right-to-work policies," Romney said of the NLRB suit.
On Monday, Romney also named William Kilberg, the lead counsel for Boeing in the ongoing dispute, as a co-chairman of his Labor Policy Advisory Group. Kilberg will help "shape the policies I am proposing to return power from the labor bosses to the workers and businesses that can get our economy going again," Romney said in a statement.

"Boeing, when they decided where they were going to build their new expansion facility, chose South Carolina, chose America," Romney said in the speech. "The folks that are their No. 1 competitor, Airbus, chose China for their expansion. ... Boeing did the right thing. Boeing should not be punished for doing the right thing. Boeing should be celebrated and encouraged."

Good for Mitt.

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