International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers

In their bid to unionize, one relatively small group of Boeing workers in the South has lately drawn some bigger-name supporters.

In this historically anti-union state, organizing even a small number of workers is a big deal.

Boeing workers in Washington State have been unionized for decades; their counterparts in South Carolina recently voted out the union in a landslide. Pacific Standard compares conditions in both workplaces, a year after South Carolina's historic vote.