Controversy over the recent, narrowly ratified eight-year contract extension between the Machinists and Boeing, covering 32,000 workers in the Pacific Northwest and Wichita, Kansas, will be a key issue in a Labor Department-ordered rerun election for the union’s top jobs. That vote could see the first real challenge to IAM president Tom Buffenbarger and his … Continue reading Boeing contract a key issue in Machinists rerun election