{"id":20640,"date":"2017-01-28T08:46:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T08:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=20640"},"modified":"2017-01-28T08:46:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T08:46:26","slug":"boeing-machinists-in-south-carolina-to-vote-in-february-on-unionizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/boeing-machinists-in-south-carolina-to-vote-in-february-on-unionizing.html","title":{"rendered":"Boeing machinists in South Carolina to vote in February on unionizing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boeing machinists in South Carolina to vote in February on unionizing<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Boeing machinists in South Carolina to vote in February on unionizing:-\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Boeing Co (BA.N) and its largest union said on Friday they had agreed on a February date for a union vote at Boeing’s jetliner factory in South Carolina, setting up what is likely to be a fresh battle between the union and the world’s biggest plane maker.<\/span><\/p>\n

International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers spokesman Mike Evans said in a statement that about 2,850 workers at the factory that builds 787 Dreamliners would be eligible to vote on union representation in the Feb. 15 ballot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said the company is “strongly encouraging all eligible teammates, roughly 3,000, to be sure to vote.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The machinists canceled an earlier vote set for April 2015 citing a “a toxic environment” and violations of workers’ rights to organize, in the strongly anti-union state.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time, union organizers described the decision as a tactical move, allowing time to build union support. Boeing called the union’s allegations of intimidation “frivolous.”<\/span><\/p>\n

South Carolina is a state where employees are not required to join unions or pay dues. It has among the lowest rates of union membership in the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evans, in the statement, cited fresh “intimidation tactics” against organizing by Boeing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Boeing said it has hired a lawyer it used when workers tried to unionize in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Boeing is applying the appropriate resources to protect the competitive advantage created by the Boeing South Carolina (BSC) team,” the company said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-boeing-union-idUSKBN15C00S<\/span><\/div>\n

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