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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Jun 1, 2018, 03:46 PM Jun 2018

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.

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/05/31/boeing-machinists-south-carolina-vote-join-union.html?ana=e_mc_prem&s=newsletter&ed=2018-06-01&u=ColXVN5SPzQtLHFP87ho2w07857290&t=1527873321&j=81904611

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Boeing machinists in South Carolina vote to form union (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2018 OP
Yes! whathehell Jun 2018 #1
Good news. KPN Jun 2018 #2
Yeah, that rat Corker derailed one effort. mountain grammy Jun 2018 #3

mountain grammy

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3. Yeah, that rat Corker derailed one effort.
Fri Jun 1, 2018, 09:53 PM
Jun 2018

screw you Boeing, but I'm sure they'll find a friendly judge.. fuckers.

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