Workers at Boeing's Charleston plant vote out union

Seattle Times ^ | September 10, 2009 | Dominic Gates

[jazusamo]

The plot thickens for the Machinists Union at Boeing in Washington State.

[jazusamo]

WA Ping!

[datura]

To Hell with the IAM. They need to be decertified here in Washington too, but they never will...

[dalebert]

cheers

[JPG]

Bravo! We don’t need no stinkin’ union.

[wk4bush2004]

Way to go, Boeing Charleston! I bet the IAM out in Washington state is freaking out.

I follow Boeing and commercial aviation closely, and I know the IAM workers have had several strieks in Everett/Renton.

Boeing has talked about moving commercial aircraft production overseas (notably China) and I would much rather have them remain in the US.

But, could they possiblky move it all to Charleston and be in the south, where they don’t have to worry about unions?

And they need to get their HQ out of Chicago; there’s really no point to it being there.

[NotSoModerate]

Wow, that’s a solid punch to the union gut.

[jazusamo]

I doubt they’ll ever decertify but they better think about concessions or Boeing may eventually leave.

[pissant]

Gee, wonder where Boeing is gonna build its new assembly line?

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

South Carolina is a right to work State.
Washington is a pay the union thugs State or you can not work.

[SueRae]

WOW - that is big. Good going Boeing (SC, that is)

[cripplecreek]

One of the interesting little factoids I found while digging around in SEIU bylaws.

Decertification can be stopped by 7 SEIU members without debate. That’s not 7%, its 7 INDIVIDUALS. If there are 14 members in an SEIU local, 7 dissenting votes can stop it, if there are 10,000 members in a local 7 members can stop it.

[princess leah]

Arizona is also a right to work state - come to the south and build, build, build! Kick out the unions! Fight back America while you still can...

[jazusamo]

Since the first of the year Boeing has put it to the IAM they want a no strike clause here in WA. The union has called it a bluff that they might set up a second assembly line out of state. I believe this just might make believers out of the union.

[Tolsti2]

China?

[jazusamo]

Gee, wonder where Boeing is gonna build its new assembly line?

LOL! Ya think?

[SERKIT]

Card check? Card check? We don’t need no stinking card check!!

[noblejones]

Woo-hoo!

[Brilliant]

Good move for the SC workers.

[Cheetahcat]

SC has been doing real good lately. SC -2 Rats -0