With the news last week that Machinists’ union members
employed by Boeing in Puget Sound overwhelmingly rejected a
proposed contract that would have meant years worth of work on the new Boeing
777X, much of the attention was focused on what it would mean for union
members’ future and where the work would go following their rejection.....By
all accounts, IAM leadership in Washington, D.C., and Boeing representatives
kept leaders of Seattle-based District 751 in the dark about the contract,,,,District
751′s roughly 32,000 members were caught off guard. Apparently, this is not the
end of the union infighting in Washington. Rather, it is only the beginning.......“Today
is the eye of the hurricane — calm after the storm.....In addition to the
international union secretly negotiating behind local members’ backs, that a rank-and-file
representative would have to fear speaking out publicly “for fear of
retaliation” goes even further to explain Boeing’s union problem.
Note: If today’s union bosses ever really want to
know why they are “in crisis,” all they need to do is look in the mirror. It is
this type of backroom deal making that has caused so many of today’s workers to
see unions and their leaders as nothing more than parasites.....To Read More.....
UPDATE: Now here’s a shock… Boeing may look to the MidEast after
unions reject Seattle 777X plan
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