When things are looking bleak
Just like they were this week
How can we help the company improve?
Repeat the inculcation
Embrace the abdication
And think, Boeing-On-the-Move
A scheme so bold and brash,
With secret code name Flash,
A course our loyal staff could not refuse.
The plan we are endorsing
Is, simply put: Outsourcing
Make jobs…through Boeing-On-the-Move
“As members of the Board
We hate the union horde.
We’d rather have them quit than be removed.
Worklife didn’t faze them.
Go For Zero hardly sways them.
So now… it’s Boeing-On-the-Move.”
Let’s do things right
Have a meeting. Hear their plight.
Let’s go slowly. Let’s be cautious
Two days home. Three in the office.
And then five days you must restore them.
Pretend to listen but ignore them.
Don’t call it union busting.
We find that term disgusting.
Headquarters can be anywhere we choose.
While our workers might be souring
At least they still are cowering.
To wit, Boeing-On-the-Move.
“We’ll build in Ashtabula,
Guangzhou China, Pascagoula.
Wherever there’re no unions” says Calhoun.
“And then in the transition
We’ll lose them by attrition.
Put simply…it’s Boeing-On-the-Move.”
Let’s do things right.
Seek accord and never spite.
To stop this fierce contention
We’ll reinstate the pension,
And then break out the merlot
To celebrate the furlough.
If things couldn’t get worse,
They say we’re risk averse.
No new designs this decade we’ll approve.
And while there’re no more moon shots
Don’t forget your COVID Flu shots
Roll up…for Boeing-On-the-Move
We’ll take an old design
From 1969
Then fix it up and pass it off as new.
“Don’t get any bright ideas.”
“Oh, I haven’t had one in years
Except…for Boeing-On-the-Move”
When things are truly broken
I think of Boeing’s slogan,
‘Build Something Better’ will never be reproved.
But before you call me hateful
Lazy, spoiled or ungrateful
Good luck with ‘Boeing On the Move’