Boeing machinists in South Carolina vote to form union
Boeing South Carolina said Thursday that its flight line machinists at the Charleston Dreamliner complex have voted to form a union.
The machinists voted 104 to 65 in favor of the union drive, with the rest not voting, the International Association of Machinists (IAM) labor organizers said in a video posted to Twitter.
In a statement posted online, Boeing South Carolina said: "While we are deeply disappointed with the result and are appealing, we will come together as we continue to deliver on our customer commitments."
The win for the union, which includes 178 machinists at the facility, gives the IAM a foot in the door at a Boeing factory where it has twice before failed to get enough support in larger factory-wide campaigns to unionize workers.
Boeing claims the IAM drive to unionize only a small group of machinists is illegal and vowed to continue fighting.
"Boeing continues to believe that this micro-unit is prohibited by federal law," the jet maker said in a statement.
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plant down to Memphis because the unions were costing them too much, and after a couple of years the workers voted to join a union. 
