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The Boeing Company was founded by William Edward Boeing in 1916, but the company did not have the name of Boeing from the start, at the time it was called Pacific Aero Products. The company started to sell a two-seater floater plane which was the main mode for business. The moto that William Edward Boeing believed it was, “To let no new improvement in flying and flying equipment pass us by.”〔Yenne, B. (2005). The story of the Boeing Company (Rev. and updated ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zenith ;.〕 This moto has held up even through today for Boeing has led the way for innovations with their airplanes. In 1945 president of the company Philip G. Johnson died and William McPherson Allen took his place.〔Ingham, J. (1983). Biographical dictionary of American business leaders (Vol. 1, p. 2026).〕 During this time that market for wartime planes was no longer which resulted in Allen having to close the doors temporarily and to let go of 25,000 workers.〔 To save the company Allen announced that he was going to start making commercial planes. In October 1946 Boeing declared that the contract between the company and the Union was up for renewal. Boeing and the Union reached an agreement to start negotiating the new contract starting January 1947.〔174 F.2d 988; 85 U.S. App. D.C. 116; 1949 U.S. App. LEXIS 3461; 24 L.R.R.M. 2101; 16 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P65,164.〕 Between January and April 1947 both parties met regularly three times a week to discuss the contract. During this time neither party was able to reach an agreement. In April the Union gave Secretary of Labor and to the National Labor Relations Board a notice for intention to strike.〔 After the intention was submitted the Union and Boeing tried to talk about the contract but “there remained unsettled questions of Seniority, Hours of Labor, and Wages.” 〔 After filing to strike and receiving approval the members of the Union never did so. The Union then drafted a proposal that discussed the issues the employees were worried about which was seniority, hours of labor, and wages. The condition was that the proposal had to be accepted by Boeing on April 21, 1948 before noon otherwise the proposal would be void. If this happened Lodge 751 stated that they “reserve the right to take appropriate action including a work stoppage.”〔 Boeing rejected the offer on April 21, 1948. The next day the Union went on strike. ==Strike timeline== * 1938: “Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge No. 751 was certified by the Board as the bargaining agent of the production and maintenance employees.”〔217 F.2d 369; 1954 U.S. App. LEXIS 3835; 34 L.R.R.M. 2821; 26 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P68,702.〕 * May 13, 1947: Taft-Harley Labour Act passed. The Act was created by Robert Taft and Fred Hartley. The Taft-Hartley Act was enabled to replace the Wagner Act of 1935. The Taft-Harley Act has many components to it, but the one most vital to this strike is it “made illegal were secondary strikes, secondary boycotts, and sympathy strikes, which were designed to influence employers other than those with whom the union had a contract.”〔Reese, H., "Taft-Hartley Act." Dictionary of American History. 2003, "Taft-Hartley Act." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005, "Taft-Hartley Labor Act." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2014, & "Taft-Hartley Act." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. (2004). Taft-Hartley Act (1947).〕 * April 22, 1948: 15,000 Boeing Union members went on strike.〔 After not being able to reach an agreement with the company the Union declared a strike. * September 13, 1948: The Union members that were a part of Lodge 751 reluctantly went back to work.〔 Lodge 751 “represents many men and women throughout Eastern Washington, Oregon and Idaho at various companies in trades such as aluminum 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boeing strike of 1948」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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