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Boeing machinists allege unfair labor practices, seek revote
Source: Reuters
Boeing machinists allege unfair labor practices, seek revote
BY ALWYN SCOTT AND BILL RIGBY
NEW YORK/SEATTLE Wed Jan 8, 2014 8:02pm EST
(Reuters) - Angry Boeing machinists have filed eight unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging their union's top leaders manipulated a recent contract vote, and demanding that ballots be recast.
The NLRB has launched an investigation into the charges, filed by individual members against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said Anne Pomerantz, an attorney with the NLRB regional office in Seattle.
The charges stem from a January 3 vote that approved Boeing's contract offer by just 600 votes, ensuring its latest jetliner, the 777X, will be built in the Seattle area.
The vote divided the union because, to gain the work, machinists had to agree to eliminate their pension after 2016.
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BY ALWYN SCOTT AND BILL RIGBY
NEW YORK/SEATTLE Wed Jan 8, 2014 8:02pm EST
(Reuters) - Angry Boeing machinists have filed eight unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging their union's top leaders manipulated a recent contract vote, and demanding that ballots be recast.
The NLRB has launched an investigation into the charges, filed by individual members against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said Anne Pomerantz, an attorney with the NLRB regional office in Seattle.
The charges stem from a January 3 vote that approved Boeing's contract offer by just 600 votes, ensuring its latest jetliner, the 777X, will be built in the Seattle area.
The vote divided the union because, to gain the work, machinists had to agree to eliminate their pension after 2016.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/09/us-boeing-machinists-nlrb-idUSBREA0801J20140109