Judging by Trumka’s response I’d say the GOP is on the right path.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans, angry over the government’s labor dispute with Boeing Co., are taking up a bill that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from ordering any company to close plants or relocate workers, even if a company flouts labor laws.

The measure would undercut a high-profile lawsuit filed in April that accuses Boeing of violating labor laws by opening a new production line for its 787 airplane in right-to-work South Carolina. The board says Boeing is punishing unionized Washington state workers for past strikes.

Boeing has vigorously denied the allegations, claiming the move was an economic decision. Business groups claim the board has overstepped its bounds, and say no agency should have the right to dictate where a company can or cannot create jobs.

The hypocrisy of Trumka accusing someone else of being “sleazy” is mind blowing.

(Seattle Times) — The head of the nation’s largest federation of unions on Monday blasted congressional Republicans of pushing a “sleazy legislation” that exploits an unfair labor practice dispute over Boeing’s new jetliner-assembly plant in South Carolina, a bill he says panders to the “radical ideology” of the tea party while selling out workers’ rights.

Richard Trumka, president of AFL-CIO, said the legislation introduced by House Republicans would render the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) toothless in taking action against employers who commit unfair labor practices. That, Trumka told reporters during a conference call, would roll back decades’ of protection for workers while rewarding “a major corporate donor, Boeing.”

Trumka’s denouncement was the latest volley in a case that has become a major political cause for conservatives. The NLRB in April filed a complaint against Boeingfor allegedly deciding to build its first-ever final-assembly plant outside of Washington state as a retaliation and a warning to its Machinists. The union’s members have gone on strike five times against the company since 1977.