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To: KLP who wrote (331192)	10/29/2009 4:37:41 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793969

Why didn't The Won step in and get this settled in Seattle's favor? Did our Governor.........The Queen.......and congressional representatives push him hard enough (or at all) to broker the deal or did the reps from SC do a better job of it and show them up? I got a chuckle out of the whole thing when watching the news last night. Boeing has played nice with democrats for years, and have finally decided to leave them in the dust and relocate this major production line to a Red State......ggg. How embarrassing for the current administration in WDC. Of course Wa state was a conservative state when Boeing had its beginnings. It has only been in the last 15 or so years they've basically cut their ties to Seattle. Coincidentally right about the time dems ascended to permanent power here. Carlson commented this morning.......they have no real strong ties to Seattle.......not one person on their BOD is a Seattlite. The funniest thing of all is hearing the union members whining about the lack of experience of workers in SC, and how much better they are at building airplanes...........if they ever go to work that is. Their claim has some merit.....there is a learning curve they'll need to over come but SC has an Air Force installation and Naval Station in Charleston and 3 highly respected engineering schools throughout the state. I think they'll manage. My sister worked at Boeing in management for over 13 years and I'm sure the stories she told were typical. People clocking in for a few hrs, then going to lunch to return 2-3 hrs later while still clocked in. Constant coffee and cigarette breaks. Playing video games at their computers, watching porn etc.......all the while pulling in tremendous salaries, not to mention the fabulous perks. For the most part, the workers have an entitlement mentality and (it seems) zero loyalty to Boeing. They pay their dues to a Union that can't get the job done, and continue to support democrats who promise them the world. I feel sorry for all of the families who won't have jobs as a result of this decision, but I have no sympathy for stupidity. The look of bewilderment on faces of the union members as they left the plant yesterday was pitiful. Interesting article in the PI in '08 nailed it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the Machinists may have fatally damaged the employer-union relationship, said Richard Aboulafia, an aviation analyst with Teal Group Corp. "This strike was the straw that broke the camel's back, and I think Boeing is out of here," he said. "Given its history of labor relations and the attraction of a right-to-work state, the likelihood of them moving out of state is 90, 95 percent in the next 10 years." He said states where workers can't be required to join unions, particularly in the South, are making "tremendous efforts" to lure aerospace companies such as Boeing. "They're going to provide the same tax breaks and incentives as Washington state and a much better labor environment," Aboulafia said. seattlepi.com