Posted on 11/30/2011 11:43:56 AM PST by jazusamo
It’s tempting to think so, but it could also be that both the union and the Obama administration wanted this issue to go away in the run-up to the election.
For the Obamanites, the issue gives the Republicans a perfect club to beat them over the head with in South Carolina, and by extension, the rest of the South and every other “right to work” state.
For the union, well, let’s just say it doesn’t make them look very good either, and they know damn well that if Republicans win in November next year, the suit will be dropped anyhow.
Bottom line, Boeing wanted to get busy making planes, the administration wanted this to go away, and the union realized that this was probably the best deal they could hope to get — and it would let them save face with their members by touting the gains.
I don’t think the unions have very much confidence that Obama will win reelection.
A bunch of oxygen thieving commies.
So the union scum, with the assistance of the effing federal govt, extorted more money, jobs and benefits from a private company.
Your analysis is correct.
If the GOP is smart they won’t let this issue die. We need other companies to make the same moves starting right now. We’ve got the chance to drive unions completely out of the private sector.
They need a team looking up the thousands and thousands of little cases that the NLRB is going nuts on right now. It is killing job creation. This issue should not go away until Obama is out of the WH.
I’m not so sure. The NLRB was pressured by the union to prevent Boeing from opening the SC plant. Boeing gets to proceed because of offerings of red cloth and sparkly things.
IMO it seems that this was a slight of hand maneuver to save face for thug... err I mean union leaders.
Once the plant is up and running in SC, screw the machinist union.
I defer to the folks who’ve been following this more closely than I.
“red cloth and shiny things”
lol
Yup.
All around good deal.
Probably would have cost a fortune to tool up down SC way for the 737...
Especially with all the orders Boeing is pulling in.
Not much else to brag about in downtown Renton, eh?
;-)
>> Boeing surrendered to the thugs
Yep.
Screw Boeing.
Hope they go bankrupt.
This deal looks a lot like a face-saving way for the IAM and the NLRB to give up.
This is a victory for conservatives. The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) attempt to dictate where businesses invest has failed.
the IAM knew the courts were very unlikely to shut down the South Carolina plant, while the NLRB itself will soon lack a quorum — and ability to act.
Obama would have a difficult time defending it on the campaign trail. Today’s contract allows the IAM and the administration to back down without formally admitting they made a mistake.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/284570/iam-drops-charges-against-boeing-james-sherk
I think you're right on the money. That coupled with the comment in post #11 made it easier for the IAM and NLRB to fold.
“I love seeing 2+ fuselage assys zipping across the fruited plains (and mountains).”
The rest of the journey is nice as well. If you don’t blink you may see me in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=zKnsyYbfC60&feature=popular
I'd guess that Boeing doesn't do many flame paint jobs though.
I have a Boeing rail car including the 737 body section, as a part of my O-Gauge train collection. One of only 200 Boeing rail cars made for train collectors. There are Boeing execs that would pay a small fortune for it. But its mine all mine. Of course I have a BNSF SD70 to pull it around during those rare times I let the Boeing car on the track
I saw 4 or 5 up close and personal at the Livingston, MT train depot one evening a couple of years back. I’ve heard that the car behind the fuselage carries the paperwork, but maybe it’s the tail?
Nothing is in the car at the tail. We have been working with Spirit to use it for delivering parts kits but that’s been an uphill battle. So for now it just protects the tail and provides a place for taggers to do their work. People in my work group have ridden the train all the way, doing studies of locations where the fuselage gets the most damage from coming in contact with trees, brush, rockfall and such.
I figure that they could be used as high speed passenger trains, from Kansas anyway.
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