Boeing versus its unions: de ja vu all over again

[Omaha Steve]

http://nhlabornews.com/2013/11/boeing-versus-its-unions/

By Liz Iacobucci | November 8, 2013

Oh, dear.

Looks like Boeing’s corporate culture is still stuck in that same old pattern. Still looking for government handouts, still insisting on concessions from their labor unions. Or they’ll (once again) move production to a low-labor-cost southern state that is willing to give them lots of money to locate there. (How much is “lots”? According to Reuters, the package on the table in Washington state is: $8 billion in tax incentives plus another $10 billion in transportation infrastructure.)



Now… myself, I remember (vividly!) a certain NLRB case, the last time Boeing threatened its unions and moved production to a southern state. Do you think that maybe Boeing didn’t get the memo when the Senate finally confirmed President Obama’s NLRB appointments?

Or is Boeing just trying to create another opportunity to litigate all those anti-worker legal theories, which weren’t tested because the Machinists asked the NLRB to drop that enforcement action?

FULL story at link.

[PeteSelman]

1. It hasn't worked out for them.

Almost all of the product made in a South Carolina has to be sent back to Washington to be repaired.

As we say, skilled labor isn't cheap and cheap labor isn't skilled.

[CFLDem]

2. Some things just can't be done cheaply.

Building a modern jetliner is one of them.