Boeing Is Calling Back Its Retirees To Try To Fix Delays At Its 737 Jetliner Plant (cnbc.com)

Boeing is trying to fix delays at its 737 jetliner plant near Seattle, so it's turning to its retired workers. "Boeing started hiring retired mechanics and inspectors on a temporary basis after reaching an agreement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers on August 15," reports CNBC. From the report: The snarl at its plant in Renton, Washington, triggered by shortages of engines and fuselages as Boeing sped production to record levels in June, is likely to hurt third-quarter results and threatens its goal to boost build rates again in 2019, some analysts said after meetings in the Seattle area last week. Investors will get a peek on Tuesday at how far behind Boeing is when it releases its order and delivery tallies for August, a month after deliveries fell to the lowest level in years. Deliveries are crucial to planemakers because that is when airlines pay most of what they owe for the aircraft. Boeing has already deployed about 600 employees and new hires to Renton in recent weeks to help fix delays, analysts said. It was not clear how many retired workers Boeing intends to hire.

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And you know that there isn't an issue with non-union built aircraft.

Unions have had their day but they lost their way long ago and quit being about the worker and became all concerned about themselves and their political power. As they stopped being about jobs and working conditions, they've stopped being useful. They have killed more businesses and lost more jobs than they have maintained though unreasonable and unsustainable demands. Every major airline, every major car manufacturer have been ravaged by such nonsense and union members past and present have lost.

Now unions are falling out of favor. The reasons are obvious, they have left their first job and stopped being about protecting workers jobs and negotiating for the good of workers. They now are power hungry, drunk on political power, making long term demands of management that strangle the goose laying the golden eggs. As such, they have become useless and a shell of their past selves, surviving on empty promises while enriching themselves on the backs of their members almost as much as the evil management was 50 years ago.