EDITORIAL: Bad business

It's a nice try. But don't expect it to go anywhere, except the trash can.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and 10 of his colleagues sent President Barack Obama a letter, urging him to withdraw the nomination of Lafe Solomon, acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.

That's the same federal board that took unprecedented action by filing a complaint against Boeing, which wanted to expand its aircraft production in South Carolina, a non-union state.

After Boeing made concessions to union workers in the state of Washington, where its main production lines are located, the NLRB called off the attack dogs against the company. However, Mr. Solomon bragged to The Associated Press that he would repeat his high-handed tactics "if we were ever faced with a similar pattern."

Such dictatorial thinking has no place within the NLRB. It's supposed to be an unbiased, adjudicating body that protects the rights of employees and employers. It's not a tool of organized labor.

Obama, of course, isn't going to withdraw Solomon's nomination. The president is counting on Big Labor's help to get re-elected next year.

But it's good to see Chambliss and other senators call out the president for this naked aggression against American businesses that attempt to expand in right-to-work states, which include Georgia.

The federal government shouldn't make these decisions. Instead, the NLRB is giving U.S. companies an excuse to expand their businesses in a direction that hurts all Americans - overseas.

- Savannah (Ga.) Morning News