Boeing is already facing questions about quality and safety of its aircraft, and now it has a labor showdown on its hands in Seattle.
37 minutes agoFILE - The Boeing logo is seen, Jan. 25, 2011, on the property in El Segundo, Calif. Boeing is threatening to lock out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area Friday night, May 3, 2024, unless the workers accept the company's last offer on wages. aircraft-manufacturing plantssaid the two sides were far apart in negotiations.
A major sticking point is Boeing's demand to make firefighters wait 19 years to hit top pay scale, up from 14 years. The union is proposing five years. In a letter to the union this week, Boeing said the union had rejected two previous proposals, and the company “has gone as far financially as it is willing to go and will not add any more money to its offer.”
Boeing has lodged a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the union of bad-faith bargaining during more than two months of negotiations and several meetings with a federal mediator.
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