Senate panel votes against bill aimed at Boeing/ labor dispute
Posted: 09.21.2011 at 8:42 PM
The NLRB claims Boeing located in South Carolina to retaliate against workers who went on strike in Washington State.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans on a Senate panel have failed in an effort to undercut the National Labor Relations Board's case against Boeing Co.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham tried to take away the NLRB's authority to tell a company where it can locate work.

Graham's proposed amendment to a larger appropriations bill failed on a 15-15 vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The NLRB challenged Boeing's decision to build its 787 Dreamliner aircraft in South Carolina, a right-to-work state.

The House approved a measure similar to Graham's language last week.

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