A really pathetic defense of the NLRB’s attack on Boeing

Don Boudreaux responds to a pathetic (but highly authoritarian) defense of the NLRB’s case against Boeing for wanting to expand in South Carolina:

Editor, Washington Post
1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC  20071

Dear Editor:

Applauding the NLRB's attempt to stop Boeing from buying lower-priced labor in
South Carolina, Kate Bronfenbrenner writes that "If the NLRB did not take on
such cases, it would cede to employers unilateral control over a large swath of
the U.S. workplace” ("A good case against Boeing," June 23).

Craziness.

Does the absence of a government agency empowered to stop grocery shoppers from
buying lower-priced  at competing supermarkets cede to grocery shoppers
unilateral control over a large swath of U.S. supermarkets?  Of course not.

In a dynamic market with tens of thousands of employers competing for labor, the
notion that even a large employer such as Boeing has "unilateral control" over
the labor market unless reined in by government bureaucrats is ridiculous.

Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Professor of Economics
George Mason University