The Machinists announced earlier this month that they will try for the third time to organize workers at Boeing’s North Charleston plant in South Carolina. Utilizing the “micro-unit” strategy, the union is going after a small group of workers, characterized as “flight line workers” within the facility. Joan Robinson-Berry, Vice President and General Manager of the plant said, “The union refuses to hear the clear message our team has voiced repeatedly.” Last time a vote was held at the plant in 2017, 74 percent of workers voted against unionization. The time before that, the union withdrew its petition to organize just five days before the election was slated to take place.
