the machinist christian bale the machinist movie online (philosophical question) in the movie the machinist, why did...? the machinist stream The Machinist Update: Boeing workers in Charleston, South Carolina have voted Thursday to unionize with the Machinists Union by a margin of 104-65. The victory wins organized labor a key toehold in a major employer in the South as efforts to #OrganizeTheSouth heat up. Last year, Boeing workers were roundly defeated when they attempted to organize at Boeing’s state-of-the-art North Charleston, S.C. site. Seventy-four percent of the plants’ 2,300 workers voted against unionizing with the International Associat..