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Omaha Steve

(99,703 posts)
Mon Oct 7, 2013, 06:48 PM Oct 2013

South Carolina Boeing Plant Worker: “Boeing Got What It Paid For. Cheap Labor Equals Poor Product.”


http://wepartypatriots.com/wp/2013/10/07/sc-boeing-plant-worker-boeing-got-what-it-paid-for-cheap-labor-equals-poor-product/

At the end of the summer, we published a piece updating readers on the drama surrounding Boeing’s move of its 787 Dreamliner plant from worker-friendly Washington state to anti-worker bastion South Carolina. The post explained that the company could no longer meet production demand and generated polarized comments, all of which exhibited intense passion for the subject.

But none were as striking to read as the latest from a worker on the actual line at the South Carolina plant where Boeing chose to move. It reveals the brutal reality of working for a company which cares not for its workers or, in this case, its product. It appears in its entirety, unedited, below:

Letter at link.

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