Posted on 11/08/2013 10:19:14 AM PST by jazusamo
It was their system more than the people that made for success. Not having the UAW and being able to flush the workers who didn’t show up, didn’t care, or didn’t know is a big help also.
Be smart like Airbus and move to Alabama!
Mobile will welcome them.....LOL
“This is no surprise to me. I live in the Seattle area and I remember the strike that the Boeing Machinist Union took during the economic downturn”
Then you remember the Almost Live skit about the Boeing union members sleeping on their desks?
Hotdog!
True enough, but those who did not get broomed did out preform the identical Japanese line by a very slight margin. At a time when the Japanese PM was making statements about stupid and lazy Americans.
yeah, not a very good switch if you end up in chicago.
Because that worked out so well for the hostess union. Lol
Keep it up, unions. Chengdu’s offer will ultimately win out.
You’da thunk that the Boeing union geniuses would have learned back in the 1970’s when Boeing cut back 40,000 jobs , and darn near shut down Seattle, that their collective buttz are not golden or indispensible. But they are proving they are super slow learners about that whole idea of being competitive. None of these union goons should be buying new cars yet because Boeing cannot afford to bluff.
They got Twinkied!
Union leaders are the biggest drama queens around.
They compete to see who can be the most vulgar and outright childish in there comments.
Is it really any wonder they are not looked upon with any respect...I still relish what Scott Walker did in WI.
It opened a lot of eyes to the real relationship of unions and politicians at the expense of the citizens.
Let them grow medical marijuana. That will fill in the void.
But local Machinists are not shy about what they think. Many believe that Boeing is bluffing and will come back with a better offer if this one is rejected.
Do you think the airline customer is going to want this plane built somewhere else where theres no expertise? said the 58-year-old.
Now the NLRB has Richard Griffin on its side so the union probably is more confident that Boeing can’t move out of Seattle.
If it’s such a bad offer, I wonder why he doesn’t want the vote to go forward. I think he knows the offer would be accepted and he would lose some of his clout. It has been my experience that the union worker ants aren’t so militant as the few rabid leaders, and would chose feeding their families over propping up an idiot spokesman.
You make a good point, was surprised that in the article it was mentioned a couple of members said they’d for the package.
Just like the union and its leader.
And the Seattle Times also - they’ve always come down on the side of the unions, constantly bashing Boeing.
Last time Boeing slowed down there was this billboard sign reading “Will The Last Person
leaving Seattle Please Turn Out The Lights”
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