Tue, Feb 21, 2012
Remarks Come During Visit To Boeing's Everett, WA Location
During a visit to Boeing's assembly facility in Everett, WA,
late last week, President Barack Obama held up the company's new
787 assembly plant in Charleston, SC, as an example of the strength
of American manufacturing.
White House Photo
The NLRB had tried to close the South Carolina plant by filing a
lawsuit against Boeing on behalf of unionized workers in Washington
state.
"So this company is a great example of what American
manufacturing can do in a way that nobody else in the world can do
it," the President said. "And the impact of your success, as I
said, goes beyond the walls of this plant. Every Dreamliner that
rolls off the assembly line here in Everett supports thousands of
jobs in different industries all across the country. Parts of the
fuselage are manufactured in South Carolina and Kansas. Wing edges,
they come from Oklahoma. Engines assembled in Ohio. The tail fin
comes from right down the road in Frederickson. And the people in
every one of these communities, some of whom -- who are here today,
they are benefitting from the work that you do."
South Carolina is a right-to-work state, and the NLRB had argued
that Boeing chose to build what will become its second assembly
facility there in retaliation against union workers in the Pacific
northwest for labor actions which had slowed production at various
times. The board dropped the suit after a new labor agreement was
signed between Boeing and the machinists union.
All of that seems to be ancient history now for a President
running for re-election. "What's happening here in Everett can
happen in other industries," the President said. (Below L-R Boeing
plants in Everett and Charleston)
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