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March 3, 2017 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS
BUILDING COMMUNITY
...Boeing South Carolina stays nonunion Think creatively when giving
From Page 4
Bloomberg News reported that
by Feb. 6, Boeing had run 485
anti-union ads on local TV, and
the South Carolina Manufactur-
ers Institute had run another
350, including one anti-union
spot that ran locally during the
Super Bowl. Anti-union ads also
ran on billboards, in print, on the
web and on the radio.
The IAM also bought
$20,000 of TV ads on two sta-
tions, featuring statements of
support from Boeing workers in
the Puget Sound.
The day before the election,
12 Democratic U.S. senators is-
sued a statement of support for
the union drive, led by Sen.
Sherrod Brown of Ohio.
“Union representation is the
bedrock of our middle class and
has empowered generations of
American workers to organize
for better wages and fairer treat-
ment in the workplace,” the
statement said.
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth
to Labor’s Community Services
Labor’s Community Service
Agency is offering several cre-
ative ways for local unions to
donate to the agency’s assis-
tance programs for union
members in need. They in-
clude:
In an employee break room at its North Charleston plant, Boeing set up a
table stacked with diapers and children’s clothes. Above it, a “Vote No” ban-
ner said: “The goods on display would cost your family $800.… You have bet-
ter things to do with your money than pay union dues.” Yes, Boeing’s union
workers pay $800 a year in dues … but they also get over $16,000 a year
more in wages — the equivalent of 20 tables full of diapers and kids’ clothes.
Warren signed, as did Oregon
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron
Wyden, though not Washington
Senators Maria Cantwell and
Patty Murray.
Boeing had run 485 anti-union ads on local TV, and the
South Carolina Manufacturers Institute had run another
350, including one anti-union spot that ran locally
during the Super Bowl. Anti-union ads also ran on
billboards, in print, on the web, and on the radio.
But South Carolina’s U.S.
Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke
against the union campaign,
telling local media, “If we de-
stroy the business model that led
Boeing to South Carolina, this
plant will not be able to grow.”
In the end, Boeing workers,
or “teammates” as the company
calls them, listened to Graham.
Two days after the vote, Pres-
ident Donald Trump visited the
plant for the rollout of the first
Dreamliner 787-10, assembled
exclusively in North Charleston.
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By including these creative
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