Seattle's socialist council woman says workers should take over factory

[Shadowrider]

A bunch of Boeing's executives are engineers, so I'm pretty sure she knows a lot less about business than they know about machining.

...and since when are Machinists considered "Minimum Wage" workers?

Very few actual machinists at Boeing these days. They farm out that stuff these days to shops like I used to work for. They still make prototypes and such but the vast majority of machining is farmed out.

But the machinist union is the one in place and Boeing line workers are paid very very we'll and have outstanding benefits. Even in Boeing's non-union plants in the SE. When you land that job at Boeing, it's one you hang on to regardless of where it's at or union status.

 

[SoonerP226]

...and since when are Machinists considered "Minimum Wage" workers?

That was my point--machinists in general may not be paid well, but these guys and gals are. According to the Seattle Times, the average salary of a Boeing machinist is $85K/year ( http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022229143_boeing777xvotexml.html ).

 

[tRidiot]

I think the $15/hr think was just a point about her ideas on workers... that she was advocating raising minimum wage to that, not that ANYONE at Boeing makes that little or is even in the minimum-wage bracket.

Of course, idiots like that who think giving everyone a $15/hr "living minimum wage" is a good idea are just going to fan the flames of inflation when a frigging Whopper goes up to $11.50.

 

[SMS]

That was my point--machinists in general may not be paid well, but these guys and gals are. According to the Seattle Times, the average salary of a Boeing machinist is $85K/year ( http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2022229143_boeing777xvotexml.html ).

Maybe not paid "well" by some standards but the national median is about double Washington state's minimum, which is higher than the national min wage. Even the lowest 10th percentile exceeds Washington's minimum...so their pay is not "bad" and certainly "minimum" either.

Yet this speech occurred at a rally for minimum wage workers? These folks and their grasp/vision of reality are just insane.

 

[Defnestor]

People who work hard should make at least $50 a month. In gold coin.

 

[Lynx]

"Seattle's socialist council woman says workers should take over factory". She opened her mouth and proved to the world she is a fool.

 

[SoonerP226]

Maybe not paid "well" by some standards ...

I wasn't saying that machinists in general are or are not paid well, only that Boeing's machinists are hardly proles. I don't know what machinists in general make, and they're pretty much irrelevant to the point.

Yet this speech occurred at a rally for minimum wage workers? These folks and their grasp/vision of reality are just insane.

The minimum wage rally was in August; she made these particular remarks at the recent Boeing machinists' rally. But yes, her grip on reality is tenuous at best. Oy, vey.

 

[twoguns?]

Aww c'mon its just another way for bigcorp to screw the little guys, why candy coat it with political propagandeese.... 8)

 

[Fredkrueger100]

Sounds like this woman has smoked too much crack in her lifetime. She must be best buddies with Rob Ford.