Boeing Take it or Leave It.......

Boeings main workforce is in Everett Washington, and they are unionized. 

The management of Boeing hates these workers with a passion.

Unfortunately Boeing needs these workers because they are the only ones who actually know what they are doing.

When offshoring turned the Dreamliner into a historic fiasco it was the Everett workforce who were asked to fix the debacle. They are still trying.

When the new 747-8 had lots of issues it was again the Everett workforce asked to fix those problems as well.

As a thank you the Boeing management has offered the Everett workforce a new deal.

If the workers agree to take massive cuts to their benefits (And the state agrees to give Boeing 8.1 billion in new tax cuts) then Boeing will allow the next generation 777 to be built in Everett.

If the workers do not agree……then the work will probably go elsewhere. Some would call that a kind of extortion. Corporate America calls it business as usual.

Boeing has been sending lots of work to South Carolina where there are no unions.

Without unions it is a lot easier to treat your workers like dirt. Companies really like that.

The Everett workforce told Boeing to take their new deal and shove it. I agree that was a good answer.

Now Boeing is being courted by multiple states who would like the work. Boeing doesn’t really want the work to leave though, so they are stalling in hopes the union caves.

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-boeing-777x-union-20131212,0,6898494.story#axzz2nrGSPi4s

Meanwhile Washington State is tired of these Boeing games. Now for the first time Boeing is flirting with Airbus. This is unprecedented. Washington’s viewpoint is if Boeing won’t respect our skilled workers maybe Airbus will. Since Boeing shows no loyalty ever….. why should Washington State.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2013/12/18/washington-state-courts-airbus-amid-boeing-tension/4110875/

See in Capitalism when companies want to make more money it is applauded as a great thing.

Everyone jumps up and down and cheers the effort. It is considered good. It is considered right, There is nothing more American then the quest for more and more, and nobody should ever question it.

When stock holders want to make more money it is applauded as a great thing too. Everyone jumps up and down and cheers that effort. It is considered good. It is considered right, There is nothing more American then the quest for more and more, and nobody should ever question it.

But when workers want to make more money they are ridiculed and scorned.

Not only should workers NOT expect to make more money.....but they should be enthusiastic about making less money all the time.
Unions aren’t even trying to get a better deal anymore……Those days are gone. They are just trying to hold onto the deal they currently have.
And it is not like Boeing doesn’t have money either. Good times are predicted for years to come.

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424053111904399004579264242691306948.html?mod=googlenews_barrons

But any unwillingness by the employees to be treated like dirt is considered greedy.

Ironic Isn't it!