Boeing workers in South Carolina reject union

[Heidi]

Source: Reuters

Thu Sep 10, 2009 7:03pm EDT

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Workers at a Boeing Co plant in South Carolina voted on Thursday to decertify the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers as their union.

Robert Wood, a representative for the machinists, said in an email that 68 voted in favor of union representation, while 200 voted to decertify the union at the Charleston plant that was formerly owned by Vought Aircraft Industries.

"We are pleased that hourly workers expressed their desire to deal directly with the company on employment matters without any intermediary," Boeing spokesman Tim Healy said in a statement.

Boeing bought the plant in July. The facility makes part of the fuselage of the delayed 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which is expected to make its first flight this year.

The election was held by the National Labor Relations Board after some workers at the plant filed a petition to decertify the union.



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