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WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to address recent attacks on the National Labor Relations Board regarding its handling of a complaint against Boeing. Below are his full remarks as prepared for delivery: “Mr. President, recently, the National Labor Relations Board
Read moreIssued on the same day that the NLRB called for an end to misleading public statements, the following editorial by Boeing CEO James McNerney was published in the Wall Street Journal on May 10, 2011. Embracing every talking point currently being peddled in the right-wing media, McNerney conveniently sidesteps the central issue that caught the labor
Read moreMAY 11, 2011 – UNITED STATES SENATE MR. REID: MADAM PRESIDENT, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE’RE IN A PARTISAN ENVIRONMENT. AND IN A PARTISAN THERE IS TEMPTATION TO TURN EVERY ISSUE INTO A POLITICAL ISSUE. WE CERTAINLY LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTS TODAY, AND THAT’S REGRETTABLE, BUT FAR FROM UNFAMILIAR. POLITICS PLAY A ROLE IN
Read more“South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday that governors and businesses have to work together to counter National Labor Relations Board actions against Boeing Co. that she contends could undermine state right-to-work laws and economic growth. “‘We’ve got to make sure that we are responding to this in a strong way,’ the Republican said after
Read moreWASHINGTON – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) today released the following statement responding to the comments made by Republican politicians at a press conference today on the National Labor Relations Board investigation of the Boeing Company. On Thursday, Harkin will convene a HELP Committee hearing to discuss why
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