#boeing workers

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Article date: September 30, 2024

SEATTLE, Wash. — Boeing factory workers in Puget Sound have been on strike for 18 days after rejecting a tentative contract offer from the company. And now—they are at risk of losing their company-paid health benefits. According to the company’s website, union members who return to work during the strike on or after October 1, active health and insurance coverage will be reinstated. Boeing said employees who lose coverage can continue benefits at their own expense through COBRA. Workers will receive a COBRA notice within 14 days of their loss of coverage. On Friday, union leaders announced that contract talks “broke off” with the company after their latest bargaining session. In an update posted on social media, a regional district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said that Boeing “would not engage substantively” on key issues important to members — such as higher pay — and refused to budge on restoring a defined-benefit pension that was dissolved about a decade ago. IAM District 751 says that no further negotiation dates have been scheduled following Friday’s session with mediators. However, the union says it remains “open to talks with the company, either direct or mediated.” One week ago, Boeing issued what it is calling its “best and final” offer. The deal included pay raises of 30% over a four-year period, which is up 5% from the deal that union members rejected when they voted to strike. The union’s original demand was for 40% over three years.

[destielmemenews]

The strike comes after the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced that 94.6% of union members voted to reject a proposed contract from Boeing. The deal would've included a 25% pay raise over four years, much lower than the requested 40%.

This is expected to halt the production of aircraft in Washington state, where most of the union members are located.

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Strikes work! Unionize!

[soberscientistlife]

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[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Stephen Millies

The 33,000 Boeing workers on strike since Sept. 13 are fighting a corporate giant with nearly $78 billion in sales last year. While strikers are concentrated in the Seattle metropolitan area, workers are also picketing in Portland, Ore., and Southern California. 

Ninety-four percent of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) members voted to reject Boeing’s meager wage offer that would barely keep up with inflation.

They also want their pensions back, which were stolen from them a decade ago. Instead of being guaranteed a fixed amount of money every month when they retire, Boeing workers had 401(k) plans foisted on them.

These schemes guarantee nothing. With them, workers’ retirement income is subject to the casino capitalism of the stock market. 

[nightinghawk]

Happy Friday the Thirteenth, Boeing is Striking!

[hasdrubal-gisco]

anyone else notice how a lot of real power has been returned to the modern equivalent of the priestly caste after having spent about two centuries in the hands of industrialists and landowners, returning to a social order resembling feudalism more so than early capitalism ?

[benjaminallhope-fulltimemind]

Thsu is really important and shouldn't be ignored or looked over, these workers have been underpaid and without health insurance for some time now. What's worse is that people will demonize them for the crime of understanding the value of their labor and wanting better, as usual those people view workers from industrial manufacturers to service workers to be invisible or inhuman beings that do stuff for them. If anything I'm lucky Boeing has an awful reputation right which might sound strange but hesr me out, with everything going on with the suspicious deaths and widespread visible safety failures you'd look really bad defending Boeing in this strike given their current reputation, though you'll always have corporate stooges who love the taste of leather in their mouth. Dontate to the strikers if you can and promote the news regarding it, the more eyes and ears the better, don't let this simply fade from the news cycle!!!

[blasphemister]

The people who ran McDonnell-Douglas destroyed Boeing after they merged.

[nando161mando]

Boeing factory workers are voting whether to strike and shut down aircraft production

https://apnews.com/article/boeing-strike-vote-machinists-12d008c0127bab57f8cc9941f48e3ac6

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Reuters: Boeing and Seattle-area union delay start of contract negotiations

Jan 22 (Reuters) - Boeing and its Seattle-area machinists union have delayed the opening of contract negotiations until early March as the company deals with the grounding of the 737 MAX 9.

Formal negotiations were set to begin in early February and were pushed back at Boeing's request, said the union on its website.

Both Boeing and its largest union — District 751 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers —have been named as parties of an ongoing National Transportation Safety Board investigation into midair cabin panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines (ALK.N), opens new tab MAX 9 earlier this month.

Read the article here.

[destielmemenews]

"Boeing has accused the Machinists union of failing to bargain in good faith in an unfair labor practice filed Thursday, as the ongoing strike enters its fourth week.

In a charge filed with the National Labor Relations Board, Boeing said the union had engaged in “regressive bargaining [and] surface bargaining” and accused the union of misrepresenting the terms of the deal and the status of negotiations to union members and the public. Boeing also said the union failed to “bring representatives to the bargaining table with the authority to reach an agreement.”

The charge comes after a two-day bargaining session ended with Boeing withdrawing its latest contract offer and both parties accusing the other of refusing to negotiate. After talks broke down Tuesday, the Machinists union said Boeing was “hell-bent” on sticking to its most recent contract proposal. In an interview the next day, local president Jon Holden said Boeing had overstated what it had offered to the union."

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[rickgoodman]

Shocking Jet Fighter Builder Replaced by 7-Eleven Worker

[generalsciencetumblariansspy]

to be fair, Boing is a pretty save and secure employer if you compare it to something like Gazprom

TikTok comments that are actually funny.

[dailymailsky]

Boeing Raises Pay Offer in Bid to End Seven-Week Strike

Boeing workers are set to vote on a new pay proposal from the aviation giant, which includes a substantial 38% increase over the next four years. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union, representing over 30,000 striking employees, has endorsed this offer and plans to conduct a ballot of its members on Monday.

The strike, which began on September 13, has resulted in a significant slowdown in production, exacerbating existing challenges for the company. Previously, the union had requested a 40% pay hike and had rejected two earlier offers, including one that proposed a 35% increase.

In addition to the proposed salary increase, the latest offer includes a $12,000 bonus for workers if an agreement is reached, an increase from the previous $7,000 incentive. IAM officials stated, “It is time for our members to lock in these gains and confidently declare victory,” urging that prolonging the strike wouldn’t be justified given the substantial progress made.

Boeing announced that this offer would elevate the average annual salary to approximately $119,309 over the next four years. The company has encouraged all employees to review the improved offer and participate in the upcoming vote on November 4.

Furthermore, the proposal includes revisions to workers' retirement plans. Following the announcement of the new offer, Boeing shares saw a 2.7% increase in after-hours trading in New York.

The company is eager to conclude the strike and stabilize its finances. Just last week, Boeing's commercial aircraft division reported operating losses of $4 billion for the three months ending in September. In a bid to raise capital, the company initiated a share sale aiming to secure more than $20 billion.

Concerns have also arisen regarding potential credit rating downgrades resulting from a prolonged strike, which would increase Boeing's borrowing costs. Additionally, the firm is proceeding with plans to lay off approximately 17,000 employees, with redundancy notices expected to be issued by mid-November.

Boeing’s recent challenges began in January after a dramatic in-flight incident involving one of its passenger aircraft. The company’s space division also faced setbacks when its Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth without carrying astronauts, further damaging its reputation.

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Striking Boeing Workers Reject 35% Pay Rise Offer Again