JuridicsUSA: Labor: States r+ts and r+t to work legislation target of NLRB suit

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On Apr21,2k11, the National Labor Relations Board, a Federal USA agency,  brawt suit on behalf of the International Association of Machinists (District 751) based in Seattle, Washington, the largest union at Boeing Companies's facilities of manufacture and assembly in the Puget Sound area.  Perhaps the leading product there was the old-line of 787 Boeing airliners.  See:  NLRB suit against Boeing asks return of state jobs, Seattle Times via Wenatchee World.

A week later, the headlines read States blast NRLB suit (Post and Courier, Charleston SC).  The nine states involved, led by South Carolina, all have what is called "r+t to work" laws (a total of 22 out of 50 USA states have such laws), this legislation stipulating that no one may be denied employment becawz of refusal to join a union.  This r+t  is recognized internationally by the UN Declaration of Human R+ts where freedom of association and, the corollary, freedom of non-association are guaranteed. 

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