Re: Strike grounds Boeing

[Chris Bailey <chrisbailey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Will Brown says:

>Are there any links between Trade Unionists at Boeing
>in the USA and the workers who work for Boeing overseas -
>apart from the fact that they're exploited by the same
>set of capitalists?

>Are there any links between trade unionists at Boeing
>and Trade Unionists at Airbus? Both groups seem to be
>highly organised.

Chris Bailey:

As far as I know Boeing's giant Seattle plant carries out most of the
production for the world wide market. Certainly, the only work done in
Europe seems to be repair and maintenance and this is not working for
Boeing directly.

I worked as a machinist on the Airbus for several years and the union
had virtually no contact even with the French workers just across the
channel working on the same contract, let alone Boeing.

It is precisely the long hard job of building such links that we are
trying to tackle with Labo(u)rNet. For just 10 quid a month, Will, you
can join up and give us a hand!


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