Security guard at Boeing draws a gun in altercation with picket

Early Monday morning a contract security guard at Boeing’s spare parts distribution center in SeaTac drew a gun after an altercation with striking Machinists union pickets outside the facility. The guard drove away and no one was hurt, but the ugly incident immediately raised the temperature of the strike, which began Friday. “This was an unacceptable incident, and the contract security guard involved will not return to Boeing,” the company said in a statement late Monday. “We respect our employees’ right to picket peacefully and believe everyone should feel safe.”...