Re: “Boeing locks out firefighters after failed contract negotiations” [May 4, Local News]:
It’s astounding that Boeing has locked out its on-site firefighters similtaneously it tries to influence the general public it’s recommitting to security and high quality management.
Its expectation that surrounding communities will stretch their very own hearth departments thinner to allow Boeing’s place is deeply disturbing, and I grimace to assume what platitudes it will provide if somebody’s home burns down as a result of the native firefighters have been busy at Boeing.
Labor strikes are uncommon (albeit on the rise), however employer lockouts are even rarer, enacted by solely essentially the most cussed and miserly corporations. Regulators ought to take word: It doesn’t matter what firm executives say about turning the web page, they received’t change a factor except pressured.
Levi Pine, Seattle