Is it about Right To Work? No, it’s about profit margins.
http://nhlabornews.com/2013/07/is-it-about-right-to-work-no-for-boeing-and-ruger-it-is-about-cheap-labor/
By Liz Iacobucci | July 14, 2013 | Featured, Labor, NH House, NH Senate, Politics, Union
Boeings Dreamliner was in the news again last week: one plane caught fire at Heathrow Airport; and a second experienced a technical issue and returned to its originating airport.
When I heard that news, I couldnt help thinking about the announcement that gunmaker Sturm, Ruger would be opening a new factory in Mayodan, North Carolina, rather than expanding their facility here. Dont get the connection? Let me explain.
After Rugers announcement last week, the spinmeisters went into overdrive. The way they spun things, this was a rejection of New Hampshires supposedly union-friendly atmosphere. (Done laughing yet? The Granite State isnt exactly a hotbed of union activity; only 12% of our workers are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. West Virginia, Nevada and Montana all have higher union density rates. Alaska and Hawaii, their union-representation rates are almost twice what it is here. So you just gotta wonder about people who say New Hampshire is friendly to unions.)
By last Thursday, the spinmeisters and the Union Leader had twisted Rugers facility-siting decision into some sort of referendum on (so-called) Right to Work legislation.
FULL story at link.