{"id":16408,"date":"2020-10-07T12:30:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T16:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/2020\/10\/07\/scab-free-zone\/"},"modified":"2020-10-07T12:30:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T16:30:51","slug":"scab-free-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2020\/10\/07\/scab-free-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Scab Free Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By MIKE ALEWITZ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Oct. 6, 1995, the International Association of Machinists (IAM) went on strike against the Boeing Corporation. Some 32,000 workers downed tools in a successful 69-day work stoppage that ended on Dec. 14, 1995. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the midst of the strike, I airbrushed this banner on-site at a community festival in Seattle, Wash. (A scab is a strike-breaker\u2014someone that betrays their brothers and sisters to cross picket lines in their own self-interest.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing is the second-largest defense contractor in the world.  The company has spent millions lobbying for lucrative defense contracts while slashing thousands of jobs.From 2008 to 2013, Boeing made over $26.4 billion in profits, yet it received a tax refund of $401 million\u2014giving it an income tax rate of -2 percent. (For further reading, see: https:\/\/socialistresurgence.org\/2020\/10\/05\/boeing-attacks-its-workers-again\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image: Banner by Mike Alewitz \/ 1995. Based on the IAM logo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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