Rep. Tim Scott on Southern Sense BTR show: NLRB "No longer an impartial, unbiased referee--they have chosen sides"

Lately I've been listening to Southern Sense on BlogTalkRadio--and I think it is worth your while to do so as well.

Host Ann had a fabulous guest on yesterday afternoon, Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC). He spoke on a wide range of subjects, including gun owner rights, the Supercommittee debacle, and President Obama's proposal to consolidate some federal agencies.

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I asked Scott about a sore subject in South Carolina--the overreach of the National Labor Relations Board. And I apologized because I explained that I had queried him about the NLRB in a bloggers' conference call a few months ago.

"If your only subject is the NLRB--I will say with out any question that you have chosen a very good single subject to stay on top of," Scott replied, "because the impact of the NLRB on the cause of freedom in this nation can't be emphasized enough."

Because of the NLRB's brazen attempt to block the opening of a Boeing plant in Scott's right-to-work state, the agency is a sore subject in the Palmetto State

Tim Scott (R-SC)

The Tea Party freshman called President Obama's so-called recess appointments to the NLRB last week unconstitutional and added, "What you're seeing is a fueling of union workers and a funding of  [Obama's] presidential reelection campaign."

It's what I call Big Labor's circle of life.

Scott explained what is wrong with NLRB overreach. "It is to the damage of right-to-work states, it is to the damage of our exporting goals-- [for instance] companies like Boeing having to negotiate not just with the union workers--but with the NLRB. This is absolutely insane."

In regards to worker-employee relations, Scott told me, "The NLRB is no longer an impartial, unbiased referee. They have chosen sides."

The Charleston resident's fellow Republican, Austin Scott of Georgia (Yes, same last name) introduced a bill last fall that would defund the NLRB. As for the South Carolina Scott, he has written a bill, H.R. 2587 that will, in FreedomWorks' words, "that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from ordering any employer to close, relocate or transfer employment under any circumstance."

Scott also opposes union "quickie elections," something else the radical agency is trying to force-feed to businesses. And along with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), he has introduced the Employee Rights Act that will give organized workers the choice to recertify their union every three years.

Obviously, based upon Scott's comments, these bills are in play for 2012.

Oh, I almost forgot. My part on Southern Sense comes in at 41 minutes.

And finally, as I post this entry, Scott and Mike Huckabee are hosting a presidential candidates forum in the congressman's hometown.

Related posts:

Report from the bloggers' call Rep. Tim Scott on the NLRB-Boeing case

Hatch, Scott propose secret ballots on union decisions, limits on political spending

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