Posted on 09/10/2009 3:45:30 PM PDT by jazusamo
Workers at Boeing's 787 fuselage assembly plant in Charleston, S.C. have decisively voted to get rid of the Machinists union as their bargaining representative with the company. The vote was 199 for decertification of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) union against 68 for retaining it.
The vote means that Boeing Charleston becomes a non-union plant. It will compete with Boeing Everett, an IAM stronghold, to be the site of a second 787 Dreamliner assembly line. A decision on that site selection is expected by year end.
Boeing spokesman Tim Healy said the company is pleased with the outcome. "Boeing Charleston can now move forward to focus on excellence and meeting commitments on the 787 program," Healy said in a statement.
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WA Ping!
To Hell with the IAM. They need to be decertified here in Washington too, but they never will...
cheers
Bravo! We don’t need no stinkin’ union.
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.
Wow, that’s a solid punch to the union gut.
I doubt they’ll ever decertify but they better think about concessions or Boeing may eventually leave.
Gee, wonder where Boeing is gonna build its new assembly line?
WOW - that is big. Good going Boeing (SC, that is)
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.
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...
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.
China?
LOL! Ya think?
Card check? Card check? We don’t need no stinking card check!!
Woo-hoo!
Good move for the SC workers.
SC has been doing real good lately. SC -2 Rats -0
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