Boeing factory workers to rally in Seattle as strike enters second month
Boeing factory workers will hold a large rally in Seattle to demand a better wage deal, plunging the troubled planemaker further into financial crisis.
Boeing factory workers will hold a large rally in Seattle to demand a better wage deal, plunging the troubled planemaker further into financial crisis.
Boeing faces a crucial test with employees, customers and investors after announcing 10% job cuts and $5 billion in charges as a crippling machinists strike enters a fifth week.
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Talks between Boeing and its key manufacturing union broke down, and no negotiations are currently planned as the financially damaging strike heads into a fourth week.
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Boeing increased its wage offer to thousands of striking workers on Monday, offering a %30 general wage increase over four years in what the company called its “best and final” offer as the strike continues for a second week.
On Wednesday, Boeing’s CEO announced that the company will begin furloughing “a large number” of employees to limit spending during the strike by union machinists that began just a week ago.
Boeing employees walked off the job site at Boeing Factories near Seattle on Friday morning after union members voted to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over a four-year span.