Boeing's South Carolina workers make $10 less per hour than those in Everett

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Boeing employees in the company's South Carolina facility make an average of $10 less per hour than similar employees in the company's Everett plant.

The company recently released that information to a South Carolina newspaper ahead of a vote over whether the Machinists at the North Charleston 787 Dreamliner plant should unionize.

A decision to unionize could have a large impact on where Boeing (NYSE: BA) decides to locate future facilities. The vote is April 22.

The average wage for North Charleston production and maintenance workers is $20.59 per hour, or $42,827 a year. In Everett, workers averaged $30.67 an hour last August, which will rise to $32.05 in September, according to Machinists spokeswoman Connie Kelliher.

While the cost of living in Western Washington is higher, a CNN cost-of-living calculator shows it's only about 6 percent more expensive to live in Everett than in the Charleston-North Charleston area.

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[mercuryblues]

1. Boeing has a problem

The work force in N. Charleston it not as trained as they are in WA. The planes are arriving in WA. put together wrong with bad parts. The WA. unionized employees have to fix it to finish it. On top of that, despite the mandatory overtime (some people are saying they only get 3 days off a month) they are far behind in production. The working conditions are also causing a talent drain in SC.

I am not saying the SC workers can't do the job. What I am saying is that without a union that will protect the employees and help them get properly trained Boeing will crash and burn. Literally and figuratively. As it is the passengers are lucky that the unionized workers care and know enough to fix the mistakes that get passed on to them.

[elleng]

2. No surprise; perfectly predictable (unfortunately.)

Too damn late for Boeing; they've made their bed.

North Charleston's where Walter Scott was killed, p.s.