Boeing lists workers eligible to vote on union drive

North Charleston, South Carolina

A MACHINISTS union campaign to organise Boeing Co's South Carolina operations began in earnest on Tuesday, as the company turned over a list of about 3,000 employees eligible for an April 22 organising vote.

Both sides are stepping up efforts to win support using social and traditional media, and one-on-one campaigning in the strongly anti-union state. Boeing is fighting the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers' (IAM) effort to win a landmark victory by representing workers who build the company's 787 airliner.