the Devil went down to Georgia

he was looking for a soul to steal / He was in a bind 'cos he was way behind and he was willin' to make a deal

 

 

 

conservatives like to demonize unions like I demonize dogs..the only difference is I'm right...dogs are demons- the little devils..they got pointy ears and tails like the devil...they are just evil little buggers....if you're not a religious person but are curious as to whether the devil exists, just look at a dog and there's your answer..or you could watch "You've Got Mail", too....proof positive of the Devil's existance..

ok so Boeing is an airplane maker that got upset about union workers building their airplanes..so Boeing moved to South Carolina, a conservative bible belt, "right to work" state...a right to work state is simply a place where scabs get to work without paying dues thereby causing the union workers to carry them..

back in the day, the B17s bombers won the war for us..the manufacturers weren't afraid of union workers and they built the best planes in the world..the iron workers, the electricians..all of them!

the year 1941 opened with the world at war but the United States still at peace. All that would change on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. For the next four years the labor movement would dedicate itself to the winning of the war. Workers would work long hours without any vacations, be relocated far from their hometown, live in poor housing, and experience high prices while their salaries were frozen. Yet, with the exception of one major labor strike, union workers stayed on the job.

during the war, anti-labor newspapers spread rumors about workers striking in great numbers. Businessmen were crying for repeal of the Wagner Labor Act, the Wage and Hour Law, and even child labor legislation. One pro-labor writer wrote that management was more afraid of the union movement in America and more anxious to fight that war than to fight Germany and Japan

sound familiar? anti-labor newspapers spreading rumors-the News-Press comes to mind
 
fast forward to today and in Boeing's case they hired nonunion workers to build the newest Dreamliner aircraft:

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has unveiled its first plane built at a new plant in South Carolina, where non-union workers are trying to prove they’re just as capable of producing quality jetliners as the organized labor workforce in Washington State.

The 787 Dreamliner that rolled out of the North Charleston assembly building on April 27 represented the first commercial jet built on the East Coast and the first assembled by a nonunion workforce, according to The Wall Street Journal. It was built for Air India.

For decades, Boeing relied on unionized machinists in Washington to produce its 700 series of planes. But after five strikes in 35 years by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, company executives decided to relocate to South Carolina, a nonunionized "right-to-work" state.
The government of South Carolina lured Boeing to the state with a huge incentive package that included $170 million in low-interest loans for construction; sales tax exemptions for computers, material and fuel used in test flights; property tax breaks worth at least $300 million; and a pass on almost all state corporate income tax for 10 years. The state also agreed to spend $33 million to train workers for Boeing. To fund this package, South Carolina had to borrow $270 million, which will grow to $399 million once interest payments are included.
Building sophisticated aircraft with untested workers is considered a risk for Boeing, whose future could be jeopardized if the planes don’t match the manufacturer’s reputation for quality and reliability.

"Boeing started a new line for their 787 Dreamliner, creating 1,000 new jobs in South Carolina, giving our state a shot in the arm when we truly needed it...And what did President Obama and his National Labor Relations Board do? They sued this iconic American company. It was shameful. And not worthy of the promise of America...A few months ago, I sat on the tarmac at the Boeing facility in North Charleston and watched as a brand new, mac daddy plane rolled onto the runway sporting a "Made With Pride In South Carolina" decal and surrounded by 6,000 nonunion employees, cheering, smiling and so proud of what they had built. "

-South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley in a speech at the RNC Aug. 28, 2012

　
the only problem is the new planes built by the unskilled non-union folks are..well...kinda dangerous!! the devil is in the details and the scab workers missed a few ....and now the planes are catching on fire while sitting on the tarmac: Boeing’s new state-of-the-art plane has had its fair share of teething problems since hitting the skies, adding to the woes of the serious delays in its production timeline. Back in mid-December, the company was busy investigating electrical faults in a number of the new 787s, with a United Airlines jet making an emergency landing due to a failed generator.

Boeing stock is down 2.2% today: plenty will be watching closely for early hints of the cause of the fire.

so the plane is being built by cheap labor without the needed training or experience and the result is unsafe planes and a tumbling stock price for Boeing....poor devils