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In Congress, the Tea Party Republican majority is determined to ignore the jobs crisis in this country.  They’d rather focus Congress’ time and energy on busting unions and attacking the federally protected rights of workers to organize.
 
The Tea Party Republicans’ latest assault on hardworking Americans comes in the form of this legislation: Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587), which should have been titled the Busting Unions and Outsourcing Jobs to Protect Corporate Profits Act.  This legislation dismantles workers’ rights in the name of protecting the profits of a single corporation -- Boeing. 

 
H.R. 2587 is the Tea Party Republicans’ attempt to reward a corporation that breaks the law in order to bust union workers.  Rather than negotiate with union members to reach contract agreements, Boeing built a new $750 million facility in South Carolina.  H.R. 2587 would permit any company in America to m! ove their operations to any low-wage location where workers’ rights are ignored, whether inside or outside the United States.
 

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