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Such was the case in 2009 for [[Boeing]] management in their decision to move a new 787 assembly plant from a potential location in [[Washington State]] to a more business friendly environment, after Washington's costly workers' compensation system created a competitive disadvantage that the company could no longer afford.<ref name=biggov>Amber Gunn. [http://biggovernment.com/agunn/2009/10/31/boeing-heads-south-for-better-business-climate-washington-state-politicians-are-surprised/ Boeing Heads South For Better Business Climate: Washington State Politicians Are Surprised?], BigGovernment.com ([[Breitbart.com]]), October 31, 2009.</ref><ref>Erin Covey. [http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=186920 Lawmakers worried unions will push Boeing out], July 8, 2009.</ref>  When Boeing's Seattle workers wouldn't compromise with their excessive union demands, Boeing workers in [[North Charleston]] seized the opportunity and voted overwhelmingly to disband their union.<ref>[[Michelle Malkin]]. [http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/14/boeing-workers-vote-to-decertify-union/ Boeing workers vote to decertify union], MichelleMalkin.com, September 14, 2009.</ref> They were rewarded by Boeing with a new 787 assembly plant in Charleston, [[South Carolina|S.C.]], rather than Everett, WA.<ref name=biggov/>

Such was the case in 2009 for [[Boeing]] management in their decision to move a new 787 assembly plant from a potential location in [[Washington State]] to a more business friendly environment, after Washington's costly workers' compensation system created a competitive disadvantage that the company could no longer afford.<ref name=biggov>Amber Gunn. [http://biggovernment.com/agunn/2009/10/31/boeing-heads-south-for-better-business-climate-washington-state-politicians-are-surprised/ Boeing Heads South For Better Business Climate: Washington State Politicians Are Surprised?], BigGovernment.com ([[Breitbart.com]]), October 31, 2009.</ref><ref>Erin Covey. [http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=186920 Lawmakers worried unions will push Boeing out], July 8, 2009.</ref>  When Boeing's Seattle workers wouldn't compromise with their excessive union demands, Boeing workers in [[North Charleston]] seized the opportunity and voted overwhelmingly to disband their union.<ref>[[Michelle Malkin]]. [http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/14/boeing-workers-vote-to-decertify-union/ Boeing workers vote to decertify union], MichelleMalkin.com, September 14, 2009.</ref> They were rewarded by Boeing with a new 787 assembly plant in Charleston, [[South Carolina|S.C.]], rather than Everett, WA.<ref name=biggov/>

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[[Category:Labor Unions]]

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* "The Wisconsin Assembly early Friday approved a measure to strip most government workers of collective-bargaining rights." [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-midwest-union-20110225,0,2444521.story Wisconsin Assembly approves controversial collective-bargaining measure] Feb. 25, 2011

* "The Wisconsin Assembly early Friday approved a measure to strip most government workers of collective-bargaining rights." [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-midwest-union-20110225,0,2444521.story Wisconsin Assembly approves controversial collective-bargaining measure] Feb. 25, 2011