Boeing union bid fails in South averse to organizing
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Production workers at Boeing’s South Carolina plant have overwhelmingly rejected an effort to unionize, maintaining Southern reluctance toward unionization and setting up a picture-perfect stop for President Donald Trump, who visits the facilities this week.
According to Boeing, nearly 74 per cent of the more than 2,800 votes cast were against representation by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
In a news release Wednesday night, Lead Machinist organizer Mike Evans said it’s “the workers who dictate what happens next.” National Labor Relations Board rules require workers wait a year before another union vote.
Wednesday’s balloting came just two days before Trump was slated to make the first visit by a sitting president to the sprawling North Charleston complex, where Boeing makes the 787 Dreamliner. On Friday, Trump is coming to town for the rollout of the first 787-10 model.