You mean like gauranteed pensions for new hires? The whole pension fiasco in the U.S. really chaps my hide.
Yeah Boeing could give them all pink slips. Always could have. Obviously they still need them because if they didn't they'd be out on the streets. No charity cases when it comes to Boeing. If they could find better machinists in China or India they would do it in a heart beat.
It's funny how it's Ok for Boeing to demand concessions from this states tax payers but not for it's employees to demand concessions from the company.