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Posted on 07/08/2009 1:34:49 PM PDT by jazusamo
Members of the state's congressional delegation said Tuesday that Boeing is laying down an ultimatum to its biggest union: Unless a long-term agreement barring strikes by the Machinists is reached by this fall, Boeing will build a second production line for the 787 someplace outside Washington.
"The whole thing comes down to, can they get a long-term agreement with the union, with a no-strike clause," influential U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton, said in an interview Tuesday. "That's what ultimately has to happen here in the next two or three or four months — or they are going to go elsewhere.
"I think if they get this agreement, they would stay."
In a separate interview, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson told her recently the company is seeking a long-term no-strike agreement with the Machinists union.
Carson also said Boeing will likely make its decision on the location of a second 787 production line this fall, though Gregoire said he did not specifically link the two elements as an ultimatum.
What the politicians seem to envision is some kind of "social contract" with the union in which Boeing would publicly commit to stay in this region in exchange for labor peace.
Concern about the location of a second 787 line has intensified with news that Boeing is buying the Charleston, S.C., plant of 787 supplier Vought Aircraft Industries.
Dicks, the third-ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, is an aggressive lobbyist for Boeing on issues such as its bid for the Air Force refueling-tanker contract and is close to the company's leadership.
He said the ultimatum was laid out for him and other members of the congressional delegation by "high-ranking people in the Boeing Company" whom he declined to name.
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Harley-Davidson is making the same noises at their York (PA) assembly plant.
Boeing—build outside of WA state. As much as I don’t like to see anyone unemployed, the unions run state politics. The unions vote demoncRAT enmasse. Unions dominate Boeing. The face of politics within cannot be changed until the demoncRAT-controlled organizations like Boeing leave the state entirely & in particular the west side (Seattle-King County).
Good for Harley-Davidson!
Damn the unions, they’re killing the country.
Being the unions spent 400 million to get Zer0 elected and then him taking over the auto companies it looks like some other companies are saying enough.
Unions and the federal government are licking their chops, I believe this is what it’ll take for companies to survive.
Hey, we have a soon to be vacant GM/Toyota factory in Fresno you can use cheap...
Boeing should have been playing “Dixie” in the background during the last set of strike talks, and I am flat out amazed that they didn’t lay down the gauntlet then.
I’ll go out on a limb here and bet you all a burger right now that the Machinists ain’t smart enough to agree to a no-strike clause and will end up successfully running Boeing out of Washington State before the year is out.
Any takers??
You’d think Boeing would be smart enough to just go elsewhere. Trust a union to honor an agreement...especially the Marxist-run machinists? So they lie and go to the NLRB. Boeing can chalk up an automatic loss, especially with Hussein and his minions in DC.
I won’t take you up on that, don’t doubt at all you’re right. Unions like them are not going to agree to a no-strike clause.
Amazing how the unions can destroy businesses.No wonder Boeing is looking at SC to relocate.
*cough*sellboeing*cough*
You must REALLY like burgers...
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