Writing in The Charleston Post & Courier, National Right to Work President Mark Mix explains the broader issues at stake in the NLRB’s complaint against Boeing:

So why is the National Labor Relations Board so incensed about Boeing’s decision to open a new production line in South Carolina? And why is the IAM so eager to keep Boeing in Washington State?

The answer is simple. South Carolina protects workers’ freedom of choice.

The state’s longstanding Right to Work law ensures that while workers have the right to join a union, they cannot be forced to join or pay dues to a union just to get or keep a job. Washington State, on the other hand, allows union officials to extract dues from nonunion workers as a condition of employment.

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