IAM District 751 President Tom Wroblewski on Boeing's decision to build a second 787 assembly line in Charleston: "It’s now clear that Boeing was only using our talks as a smoke screen, and as a bargaining chip to extort a bigger tax handout from South Carolina. ... They didn’t want solutions, but only a scapegoat. Our seven-week strike last year is not the reason the 787 is already more than 120 weeks behind schedule. Boeing has decided to double-down on its failed 787 strategy and place an ill-advised, billion-dollar bet on a strategy that’s a proven loser.” Read more, plus other labor and government leaders' reactions.

►  In today's Seattle Times -- Machinists: We offered Boeing 10-year, no-strike deal -- Leaders and members of Boeing unions say the move smacks of union-busting and poor business sense. SPEEA's Ray Goforth says the company is already $12 billion in the red for the 787 (due to delays). Adding a new supply chain in a region without an established airplane manufacturing base can only slow the process further.

►  In today's Seattle Times -- Machinists disappointed, call union "a handy scapegoat" -- "This is a company that makes decisions two, three, four years in advance," said John Scofield, a Machinist who works on final assembly for the 777. "The company used the negotiations to scare South Carolina into a sweeter offer. We make a handy scapegoat." 

►  In today's Seattle Times -- Boeing to recreate local plants in South Carolina -- By 2016, Boeing's East Coast complex will grow to more than 6,400 employees due to the decision to put a second 787 assembly line in Charleston, instead of Everett. It will include, on a smaller scale, the full range of airplane-making capabilities found at its Puget Sound-area factories.

►  In today's Everett Herald -- Why Everett lost out on Boeing's second 787 line -- In the end, it just wasn't enough. A long-term, no-strike offer from the union. A local training center. More than $3 billion in tax incentives passed three years ago.

►  At SeattlePI.com -- Gregoire: "I'm angry"... Boeing "made wrong decision" -- "(Boeing's) Jim Albaugh made it very clear to me. 'This is not about workers' compensation, this is not about taxes from the state of Washington, this is not about you and your efforts or the Legislature and their efforts, because in fact they've been good efforts and we appreciate them... this is about negotiations with labor'.''

►  In today's Seattle Times -- "We did all we could" to keep Boeing work, Gregoire says -- The governor says that nobody was at fault for the decision, and that Boeing told her there was nothing more the state government could have done.

►  In today's Everett Herald -- Politicians trade blame -- Rep. Mike Hope (R-Lake Stevens): “Gov. Gregoire and the majority party in the Legislature ignored the warning signs, and the price of Washington’s terrible business climate will be the loss of thousands of family jobs.”

►  In today's Everett Herald -- Keep focus on future flight (editorial) -- Producing excellent airplanes is the best argument for Boeing to continue investing in jobs here, which it vows to do. Meanwhile, figuring out how to maintain a strong aerospace presence in this region is more important than ever before. Repairing a relationship is difficult, but the Machinists and Boeing have so many reasons to keep this long, fruitful partnership thriving, and flying.

►  In today's Seattle Times -- A wake-up call (editorial) -- The decision is made. The question now is, what next? The Machinists will have to defend all the work they have here. They cannot do it by going on strike. They will do it by being more accurate and dependable than workers in South Carolina. Washington's Boeing workers have the knowledge and education. They can do this.

Health care news:

►  Today from AP -- Pelosi: New health care bill is "historic moment" -- After months of struggle, House Democrats today unveiled sweeping legislation to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan patterned closely on President Barack Obama's own.

►  In today's Washington Post -- House health reform bill to include public option -- Pelosi's new bill will include a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved.

►  In today's NY Times -- Pelosi backs off set rates for public option -- Under pressure from conservative members of the House Democratic caucus, Pelosi has decided to propose a government-run insurance plan that would negotiate rates with doctors and hospitals, rather than using prices set by the government.

Election news: 

►  At TheOlympian.com -- Mainstream Republicans oppose Initiative 1033 --" As Republicans from communities all over Washington State, we believe there should be reasonable limits on government spending. However, Initiative 1033 proposes an unreasonable and unworkable limit that punishes local governments, locks in funding cuts for law enforcement, schools and other important services, and weakens the ability of our communities to invest in projects that would help attract or retain jobs in our state. We ask you vote No on Initiative 1033 and reject Tim Eyman's ill conceived and unreasonable proposal that will make already tough times worse." 

Local news:

►  At AFL-CIO Now -- Shuler in Oregon: The sharks we defeated are still circling -- At the Oregon AFL-CIO convention, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler, who got her start organizing in Oregon, speaks to hundreds of delegates and encouraged them to start now on educating and mobilizing union members. "There’s one thing we have to get right, and that is to give the next generation hope. Fight for them, embrace them and welcome them into our movement."

►  In today's Tri-City Herald -- More Hanford workers could be compensated -- As many as 25,000 former Hanford building trades workers may have developed illnesses covered by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, but less than 10% of those have applied for benefits.

►  In today's Spokesman-Review -- Raha: State's recovery is here -- Washington’s top economic forecaster says the recession is over, for now. Arun Raha said a potential second “dip” is possible if consumers remain cautious and regional banks burdened with real estate and development debt cannot provide enough credit to support renewed economic growth.

National news:

►  In today's LA Times -- U.S. economy returns to growth -- The gross domestic product rose at a 3.5% annual rate in the third quarter. The expansion unofficially marks the end of the recession that began in 2007.  

►  From AP -- Jobless claims drop, but less than expected -- It is more evidence the labor market remains weak even as the economy recovers.

►  At Huffington Post -- Democrats square off against Republicans on shareholders' rights -- In the debate over making it easier for shareholders to nominate board directors, Republicans side with the people who run the companies; Democrats with the people who own them.