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Boeing Strike Seems More Like Corporate Terrorism

Not that I need to dignify the comments of Osprey861222, but I'm not an airline pilot. That's my handle because I'm a private pilot. I haven't had a raise in 5 years, but I'm not whinning. I took my own advise and I created my own job and I don't have someone telling me when I can't work any more. I pay my own Health Insurance out of my own pocket and I put 20% of my pay in a Sep IRA per year. I quit corporate America back in 1997, so who is the DA now????

As far as the other comment about the future, I do agree with you. But in my humble opinion, part of the issue with outsourcing to other countries is partly do to the fact that the unions have such a strangle hold on them and that is one way to solve that issue. It is a double edge sword that needs to be broken. But holding a company hostage only gets you short term closure but doesn't solve the long term problem.

Another point is if the union has 140 million dollars to support it's people for a long term walk out, think how much more money you would have in your pocket if they didn't have to use these this type of terrorism.