BoeingsHighStakesStrategytoFlee CollectiveBargainingwiththeIAM ___ SeeHowChicagoBoeingIsRiskingItAll

BoeingsUnlawfulWorkTransferThreatensTheRightsOfAmerican WorkersToUnionizeAndCollectivelyBargainForaBetterFuture
IfUncheckedbyLawEnforcement,BoeingsStrategyToPhaseOut ItsProduction LinesatUnionfacilitiesinthePugetSoundToPunishWorkersforStriking UnderminestheFederalProtectionsAmericanWorkersHaveEnjoyed For76years.

WhatsAtStakeintheNLRBCase:
CananEmployernowjustifydiscriminatingagainstUnionmembersbyarguing thatworkers concertedactivity(grievances,negotiations,striking)thatare protectedbytheNationalLaborRelationsActcoststheEmployer toomuch money? MayanEmployerdivertjobsawayfromUnionemployeesbecausetheymay strike? MayanEmployerchillworkers attemptstoorganizebytellingthemduringan organizingdrivethatitmaymoveelsewhereiftheyvotetounionize?

InOctober2009,BoeingsBoardofDirectorsDecidedToMoveAn AssemblyLineOutOfEverett. InMarch2010,thePresidentofBoeingCommercialAirplanes AdmittedThatTheDecisionToMoveWasBasedonStrikes.HeSaid:

"[T]heoverridingfactor"forthedecision tomove,"wasnotthebusinessclimate" and"notthewageswearepayingtoday. Itwasthatwecan'taffordtohaveawork stoppageeverythreeyears.Andwecan't affordtocontinuetherateofescalationof wages."*

*Videoofinterviewavailableonthe SeattleTimeswebsite March2,2004.

LaborLawProfessorsAgree:theNLRBsCaseAgainstBoeingIs StraightforwardUndertheLaw.
Relocatingworkawayfromaplant becauseoftoomuchlawfulunion activitywouldbeaclassicviolation oftheAct. JamesJ.Brudney,OhioState UniversitysMoritzCollegeofLaw Suchcommentsamounttoan admissionfromthecompanythatit wasintentionallyretaliatingagainst employeesandtryingtolimittheir rights aclearaffronttothelawthat theNLRBischargedwithenforcing. Theagencyissimplyenforcingthelaw, providingbalanceandfairnessfor workersandbusinessesalike. Paul Secunda,LaborLawProfessor MarquetteUniversityLawSchool [Thisisa]relativelyStraightforwardCase OfAnEmployerPunishingWorkersFor Striking." JefferyHirsch,LaborLaw ProfessorUniversityofTennesseeCollege ofLaw

[IftheallegationsintheComplaint aretrue,itisan]absolutely standardviolationofSection 8(a)(1),whichhasbeeninthe statutesince1935andprohibits retaliationagainstemployeesfor protectedactivities. CatherineFisk, UniversityofCaliforniaIrvine ChancellorsProfessorofLaw

BoeingCannotWinItsCaseOnTheLaw: ItsAttemptToDismissTheCaseWasSwiftlyDeniedinJune 2011. TheAdministrativeLawJudgeHeld:

[Legalprecedents]convincemethatifaworkproducingimprovementsuchasa newpressorexpansionofassemblylineisforgoneortransferredawayfromthe facilitysothatitsbenefitneverarrives,inappropriatecircumstancesaviolationof Section8(a)(3)oftheActmaybefound.
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Acontractclauseallowinganemployertolocateworkasitsees fitdoesnot authorizethatemployertodosoforareasonprohibitedbytheAct.

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Havingconsideredtheentiretyof[Boeings]motionandfoundandconcludedas notedabove,Ifindthemotioniswithoutmeritandshouldbedeniedinits entirety. Acopyofthedecisionisavailableatwww.iamdistrict751.org

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Thefollowing13slidesare ProjectGemini documentsobtainedfrom Boeingaspartofthe evidenceintheNLRBCase.

WhatsAtStakeForWashington?GOODJOBS.
BoeingprojectedclosureofEverett2nd787assemblyline: May2014 ResultingProjectedlossofMiddleClassJobs: 1,800to3,000

WhilemostofBoeingsmarketleading737airplaneisbuiltandassembledby IAMmembersinWashington,OregonandKansas,Boeingspreadmuch ofthe 787productionaroundtheglobe,resultinginunprecedentedprogramdelays.

KEY:Yellow=foreignmadeBlue=Americanmade

BoeingsWashingtonStateTaxIncentivesfor the787AirplaneProgram
2003ProjectOlympus WashingtonState20YearIncentive Package,estimatedvalue:$3.92Billion,forthe787program. EstimatedValueofProjectOlympus TaxReductionFor Boeing(Business&Occupationtaxonly)Since2005 Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 B&OTaxReduction $3,865,345* $17,221,325 $42,990,634** $54,717,168 $64,922,736 $61,630,624

*TheB&OtaxreductionwentintoeffectOct.1,2005coveringthelastquarterofBCArevenues. **In2007BoeingsB&OtaxthroughJune30was.4235%andthenreducedto.2904%onJuly1