To: Jim McNerney, Boeing President and CEO
Respect Boeing Workers and Build the 777X in Washington!
Demanding historic cuts in wages and benefits from highly skilled Washington machinists hurts all working families. Boeing is making billions of dollars, and the machinists have earned a share of the prosperity. We call on you to stop this race to the bottom and build the 777X here in Washington.
Why is this important?
Boeing is flying high as one of the most successful corporations in the world, raking in billions of dollars each year. The company's CEO, Jim McNerney, has been rewarded handsomely for these record stock prices with a $265,575 pension every month. On top of this, just last week Boeing extracted another $9 billion in tax breaks from our legislature.
Boeing is following the 21st century playbook for greedy corporations around the country. They divide us and force states to compete against neighboring states to offer the biggest tax breaks and the weakest environmental protections. They blackmail workers with threats of moving to another state or country with lower wages and weaker benefits. Then Wall Street bankers reward greedy CEOs with huge paydays and golden parachutes for expertly rigging the system against working families.
When the machinist workers rejected Boeing's demands on Wednesday, they rejected this broken economic system and stood up for all working families. We need to stand with the Boeing workers and tell the Boeing executives to build the 777X here without holding Washington hostage!