SPEEA workers at Boeing split in narrow votes on contract extension Mar 18, 2020 A unit of over 12,000 engineers narrowly voted to accept a four-year contract extension, while a unit of 5,000 technical workers voted to reject it.
Machinists win toehold at Boeing South Carolina plant Jun 11, 2018 South Carolina is the least-unionized state in the nation, with just 2.6 percent of workers in a union, and its governor wants to keep it that way.
OE 701 cries foul at Boeing use of “rat” contractor at Gresham plant Feb 13, 2018 Integrity Machinery Moving is accused of underbidding union contractors while employing nonunion workers and paying them below area-standard wages and benefits.
Boeing South Carolina votes to stay nonunion Feb 16, 2017 South Carolina Boeing rejected the Machinists Union by a three-to-one margin
Boeing terminates contract with union paint contractor Dec 5, 2016 147 Machinists-represented workers will be terminated, though many may end up being hired by the new contractor.
At a Boeing paint contractor, workers vote to join Machinists union Jul 11, 2016 An 11th-hour anti-union blitz fell flat at a contractor where workers make half the wage of their union counterparts.
At a Boeing contractor in Portland, workers vote whether to go union Jun 24, 2016 Well-paid professional union-busters will try to talk low-wage workers out of unionizing.
‘Fighting Machinist’ Sam Beekman is in the battle of his life against ALS Apr 29, 2015 Beekman, a Boeing machinist, will take part in the 3-mile Southwest Washington Walk to Defeat ALS
Organized Labor — Year 2014 in Review Dec 30, 2014 Union experiments with movement building pay off in fast-food strikes, minimum wage increases
Boeing controversy fuels challenge to top Machinist posts Jan 16, 2014 After an investigation, DOL is overseeing a re-run of the election for national Machinists officers
