The work stoppage has taken a toll on both the company and workers, who are living without paychecks or company-provided health care benefits.
SEATTLE — Boeing Co. factory workers voted Wednesday to reject the company’s latest contract offer and continue a six-week strike that has halted production of the aerospace giant’s best-selling jetliners. Union leaders in Seattle said 64% of members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers who cast ballots voted against accepting the proposal.
Boeing reports $6 billion quarterly loss as striking workers vote whether to accept contract offer The labor standoff comes during an already challenging year for Boeing, which became the focus of multiple federal investigations after a door panel blew off a 737 Max plane during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. The strike has deprived the company of much-needed cash it gets from delivering new planes to airlines.
Boeing, a major employer in San Antonio, to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen amid strike “The pension should have been the top priority. We all said that was our top priority, along with wage,” Larry Best, a customer-quality coordinator with 38 years at Boeing, said on a picket line outside a Boeing factory in Everett, Washington. “Now is the prime opportunity in a prime time to get our pension back, and we all need to stay out and dig our heels in.
Boeing factory workers go on strike after overwhelmingly rejecting contract offer Before the third-quarter results were announced Wednesday, Boeing had reported losing more than $25 billion since the start of 2019. Boeing has said that average annual pay for machinists is currently $75,608. Early in the strike, Boeing made what it termed its “best and final” offer.
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