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Carolina, was picked by boeing in october of 2009 as the location for its second assembly line for the new 787 dream liner plane. >> when there is a downturn in the economy to get a plant like boeing, it heighten it is expectations of people within the community. >> reporter: the new boeing facility is scheduled to be completed in july and will employ 3800 people. but behind the happy headlines, a raging debate. south carolina is a right-to-work state where employees cannot be forced to join a u...

Puget south. the second line for the 787 is a new assembly line. jim demint represents south carolina. he says that the nlrb ruling infringes on the rights of an american company to decide where it can and cannot locate. >> what it is going to do is hurt all american workers, it will hurt our economy, by encouraging companies to locate in other countries where they dont have to deal with the government that is so oppressive. >> reporter: the south carolina plant is now in limbo, still scheduled ...

Suggest a driving reason for opening up the south carolina plant was because of strikes by boeing workers and the possibility of future work stoppages. the union calls this late retaliation and says that is against street law. >> why do you consider this to be retaliation? >> work stoppages, concerted activity protected by law. engaging in collective bargaining negotiations, concerted activity, protected by law. and taking work away from employees because they engaged in those rights, thats ille...

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Limit operations at this new boeing plant in south carolina on the grounds it was built to retaliate against a boeing worker strike in washington state. the nlrb says i was wrong in saying the board wants the plant closed. a spokeswoman says the complaint is solely against a second production line of 787s at the south carolina facility, and boeing is free to make anything else there it wants. senator graham and boeing say the plant was set up specifically to build 787s. a hearing by an administr...

Accomplish. >> well, first off, let me say this, this case is not about south carolina and its not, really, about boeing, and its certainly not just about right-to-work states. its about the right of people, whether you are a mom and pop business running a small five person, five employee company or whether you are boeing, this is about the right of you to make decisions that affect your business without the federal government telling you cant do it and punishing you. that is what this is about ...

Chilling perilous kind of fashion saying oh, no, no, what youre doing is retaliating against the union, the machinists union were engaging in strikes in the past. >> i just dont get this. the reason theyre opening this new factory, peter, is because orders for this 787 dream liner are through the roof. >> they are. >> theyre at capacity up in everett, washington so theyve opened this new place. heres what lindsay graham, a senator from south carolina, heres what he says. if successful, the compl...

Economics could be improved. i think hes a nice chap, next time go across country and invite me and well sit and talk about economics. opec cannot control the price, its a world market price. >> and we cant force chinese to do with the yuan, theyre in the cat birds seat not us. we can fot force anything-- i saw him on tv for the rally the tea party in florida, saying we should size the oil fields in iraq and thats thats a formula for the arab world hating us forever. >> he actually just bought a...

2000 workers since opening its-- since starting to build its south carolina plant in washington. and this is happening about a month before the plant was ready to go. and you had some 1700 workers ready to go. what does this mean? >> first of all, it does mean there are choices and remember, the 787 is built in 14 different countries, jehmu. theyre choosing to do the assembly in south carolina for one specific reason because the economics makes the best sense for both the workers and the company...

Over a new aircraft manufacturerring plant in south carolina. at issue is whether the government should use the power of law to tell a private company where it can operate. and who it can hire. fox business network correspondent rich edson looks at the specifics. >> what they are proposing is to give unions a veto over the right of any business to come to a right to work state. we will not let that go without a fight. >> now boeing must fight to build airplanes in south carolina. 2009, the compa...