Posted on 04/09/2013 12:36:14 PM PDT by jazusamo
Here they sat with the 787s grounded over the battery problem and the engineers union picked this time to vote to strike. The over-paid pu$$ies here in the northwest don’t get it, they really don’t.
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And yet the legislators won't understand...
Versus Komo 4 or Kiro 7? Is there any station in the PNW that is not very liberal? Anyway, I was thinking that the unions were not going to be happy with this move by Boeing. I wonder if ANY of those union people regret, even slightly, going on strike for months against Boeing during the big recession of 2008? Never mind, I don't wonder, I know they don't. Probably don't even connect the strike with Boeing opening up a new plant in a right to work state.
This action is a push back to Obama’s illegal NLRB rulings. Since the courts ruled that Obama’s nominations were done illegally, all the rulings made since those nominations are nullified.
Christine Gregoire was very involved in the Boeing union fight and was thought to be in-line for a seat on the NLRB, but that never happened. Then Gregoire backed the union push for the coal terminals and was thought to be in-line to head the EPA. Then they said, that she might get the Secretary of the Interior job, that didn’t happen either. Then they said that Obama was going to make her the ambassador to Canada and she didn’t get that either.
It looks like carrying Obama’s water doesn’t pay off in any way. Gregoire lost a lot of friends when she supported the coal terminals for Obama and the unions.
I just finished reading another article on this at the Seattle Times that goes into it in more depth. Was written by Dominic Gates, Times aerospace reporter and talks of the 777 line in Everett.
The NLRB over stepped their authority when they tried to force Boeing to remain in Everett and limit expansion to other states and the union is Everett over stepped with their strike at the beginning of the recession, when airlines were struggling. I remember reading about the test flight that took place during that strike, the plane had to turn back to Boeing field due to metal shavings left in the gas tank, blocking the fuel lines. That sort of thing just doesn’t happen by accident on a test plane, produced by top level machinists. The unions can only blame themselves.
Grew up in Charleston, one of the best cities in the US. Great people, delightful history, terrific resturants, good place to live. Bit on the expensive side for housing, though, especially where I would like to live.
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