Posted on 11/19/2013 2:54:09 PM PST by Baynative
I work for an airport transportation company that does 80-90% of it’s business in SeaTac. Here’s the deal:
The last I saw, SeaTac Prop 1 was passing by 43 votes. That may have changed, but it’s still on the passing side. There have been lawsuits filed against Prop 1 saying it’s unconstitutional. I am not sure of the status of those lawsuits.
The company I work for has about 6 or 8 people that actually work at SeaTac Airport and would most certainly be covered by the law, should it come to pass. The thing that we’re concerned about are the drivers for our company. What we’re looking at is if the time they spend at the airport qualifies them as “SeaTac workers” who are covered by this rule. If they are, we have a BIG problem. You see...we have over 150 of them. 150 people, getting a 65% jump in pay.
Can you say “bankrupt”?
I’m one of the office workers (the main office we operate out of is not located at SeaTac, but in a city about 4 miles away). You can guarantee that some of us will lose our jobs in an attempt (should this abomination pass and stand) to keep the company going....but it probably will not work.
America can now watch and (hopefully) learn as they get an object lesson in economics from this. If they pay attention, I can guarantee that what they see will NOT be pretty.
Nevertheless, someone who wants worker takeover of the means of production isn't a socialist, she's a full-blown Communist.
Well I certainly hope that is the case. I have had several union vendors that had some very bad quality problems resulting from work reduction of eminent closure.
The get back at the company by screwing things up.
You mentioned inspectors. Are they not union as well? Are there jobs not also at risk?
Also interesting is that she attracted a lot of admirers in Seattle by promoting the takeover of Boeing which is located in Renton and Everett.
Not sure re: Boeing inspectors being union. But there are FAA inspectors and also costumer inspectors that monitor the assembly from beginning to end. Then too there’s flight test. It’s not unusual to have several hundred hours of flight test before the customer accepts the plane. Then they do their own flight testing.
Yep. Just leave off the wings and tail assembly and put in a steering wheel. Eassssssy as pie.
Aerospace industry has a slow down, Boeing can just start cranking out buses, schoolbuses, RV's, campers....
Cause, you know, like, Boeing didn't build that!
Half an hour to Kingston, an hour to Bremerton.
Thanks - excellent update.
That is a great idea, however NASA owns Michoud, and King Obama would never sell it to be used by the evil capitalists.
Can’t blame Boeing on this. Remember when Boeing wanted to open a new production facility in South Carolina to help build the 787, to increase production rates? This new facility is to basically double the production rate to help match delivery schedules. Not only did the unions raise heck but the obama-thugs in the NLRB sided with the unions.
You have unions stacked against them along with the power of the federal government and Boeing had to be careful how they handle this.
They punted, in a way (worked a deal with the unions), because of troubles with the aircraft and pressing back-logs of the 787 and other platforms. Boeing had to move on things and working a deal with the unions (paying extortion) was the only way out when you had the federal government playing mobster (Chicago way). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/10/business/labor-board-drops-case-against-boeing.html?_r=0
Not to say Boeing is not chocked full of ball-less wonders, they are-—especially the defense side of the house where the senior executives are truly neutered.
Move what to CA?
Long Beach plant is closing and it is way costly to build there (re-tooling the C-17 facility would be extraordinary expensive), so what would they be doing? Boeing already moved a lot of their MMU operations to OK because of the costs and such, so I am not sure what you are saying. Please provide details. Thanks.
And the p[rice of the burgers will sky-rocket, thereby making it too expensive for the min-wage worker to afford.
Such a deal.
It showed Boeing officials discussing the Long Beach facility with local politicians.
It didn't mention closing, so I must have been wrong in my interpretation.
I thought they were talking about relocating/expanding there.
No worries. They might have been, initially, but not any more. It is closing when the last C-17 rolls off the line in ‘14.
Exactly. I confess to being mildly obsessed with this situation. My 3 syblings all live up there and having been there for years, 2 have become screaming liberals.
After she was elected I told my syblings I was making popcorn and was going to enjoy her 4 years in office. They were all insulted. After her comments about taking over Boeing so the workers could build buses, I mentioned what a brillient ‘Econ Prof’ she must surely be given her insightful comments. My syblings have suddenly gone silent. Apparently their brains have not been completely removed.
Very entertaining. I seriously hope Boeing, Google, Amazon, MicroSoft...shift jobs elsewhere. Over the next 10-20 years, Seattle could be the next Detroit.
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