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Washington,
D.C.
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U.S.
Senator
Tim
Scott
(R-SC)
released
the
following
statement
after
employees
in
South
Carolina's
Boeing
facilities voted
against unionizing:
"I
am
pleased
to
see
that
the
hardworking
men
and
women
of
Boeing
voted
against
unionization
today.
I
will
be
very
direct:
South
Carolina
is
the
best
state
in
the
nation
to
do
business.
The
explosion
of
high-tech
manufacturing,
bringing
companies
like
BMW,
Michelin,
Boeing
and
countless
suppliers
to
our
state,
shows
the
nation
and
the
world
are
taking
notice.
Our
population
growth
and
the
emergence
of
our
nationally
recognized
apprenticeship
program
solidify
our
position.
Now-Ambassador
Haley
did
a
fantastic
job
creating
an
atmosphere
conducive
to
growth,
from
our
regulatory
environment
to
our
tax
system,
and
I’m
sure
that
trend
will
continue.
Our
state’s
right-to-work
laws
are
a
major
selling
point
for
companies
looking
to
bring
hundreds
and
thousands
of
jobs
to
South
Carolina.
As
a
former
Chairman
of
Charleston
County
Council
who
worked
on
multiple
projects
to
bring
jobs
to
the
Lowcountry
and
our
state,
I
cannot
overstate
the
importance
of
that
last
point.
However,
out-of-state
unions,
who
have
undermined
and
criticized
the
credibility
of
South
Carolina
workers,
have
continually
tried
to
tear
down
South
Carolina’s
successes,
and
in
some
cases
move
jobs
already
in
place
in
South
Carolina
elsewhere.
We
never
saw
this
more
fully
than
when
the
International
Association
of
Machinists
and
Aerospace
Workers
(IAM)
union,
bitter
that
Boeing
had
chosen
to
open
a
new
production
facility
in
North
Charleston
instead
of
their
stronghold
in
Seattle
because
of
the
benefits
I
wrote
about
above,
filed
a
complaint
with
the
NLRB
to
try
and
destroy
the
thousand
plus
jobs
already
created
here
in
South
Carolina.
IAM
first
tried
to
claim
that
we
would
never
be
able
to
build
airplanes
in
South
Carolina,
and
then
realized
they
did
not
want
to
face
the
competition
from
our
well-educated,
highly
trained
workforce
and
the
advantages
they
gain
from
being
employed
in
a
right-to-work
state.
And
as
we
all
know,
the
IAM
has
now
attempted
to
co-opt
the
success
of
South
Carolina,
which
they
said
would
never
happen
in
the
first
place,
to
benefit
their
agenda.
Let
me
make
one
thing
clear:
I
do
not
begrudge
anyone
the
right
to
join
or
create
a
union
if
they
so
choose,
as
that
right
is
protected
by
the
founding
documents
of
our
great
nation.
But
it
is
essential
to
note
that
South
Carolina’s
right-to-work
laws
and
laser
focus
on
job
creation
have
led
to
amazing
growth
in
our
state’s
economy
over
the
past
decade,
and
provided
incredible
new
opportunities
for
South
Carolinians
to
succeed."
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