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Boeing Workers Prepare For Major Strike

Boeing is preparing to learn Thursday whether 33,000 aircraft assembly workers, most of them in the Seattle area, are going on strike and shutting down production of the company’s best-selling planes.

Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers plan to vote on whether to approve a contract offer that includes 25% pay raises over four years. If the factory workers reject the contract and two-thirds of them vote to strike, a work stoppage would begin Friday at 12:01 a.m. PDT.

A walkout would not cause flight cancellations or directly affect airline passengers, but it would be another blow to Boeing’s reputation and finances in a year marked by problems in its airplane, defense and space operations.

A strike that long would cost Boeing up to $3.5 billion in cash flow because the company gets about 60% of the sale price when it delivers a plane to the buyer, von Rumohr said.

Union negotiators unanimously recommended that workers approve the tentative contract reached over the weekend.

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 @5JLL85RDemocratfrom Kansas commented…4wks4W

Don’t they get paid really well? Everyone I know that works for Boeing has a great wage, benefits, vacation time (lots) and retirement.

 @MindfulPaellaSocialist from California disagreed…4wks4W

Compared to a gas station clerk or WalMart employee, we do make better wages and have better benefits. However, the same corporate greed that has suppressed their wages and benefits is affecting us as well. We're falling behind just like everyone else. We all must fight back.

 @OutlyingBobcatWorking Family from North Carolina agreed…4wks4W

This is part of a broader trend going back decades where we've seen shareholders, CEOs and executives multiply their profits while the majority of workers haven't seen wages increases that keep up with inflation. We work more. Earn less. And everything else gets more expensive.

 @Gr4ssrootsCordialSocialist from Pennsylvania commented…4wks4W

Boeing workers USED to get paid a lot but it's been 16 years since the last contract and 10 since the last extension. Inflation has taken its toll. What were once great wages are no more. 25% catches them up...4 years from now. Not good enough.

 @7DZSDZKDemocrat from Kansas agreed…4wks4W

Media is making machinist look and seem greedy. But for 16 years the contract hasn’t changed in pay while unions around are paying 70hr and currently negotiating for more. skilled work isn’t cheap, cheap work isn’t skilled

 @MinorityWhipMooseVeteran from New Jersey commented…4wks4W

Just give them all gender bathrooms already! That'll improve working conditions a little bit

 @7G3GHNGLibertarian from Alaska commented…4wks4W

FIRE THEM ALL. THEY CAN'T BUILD AN AIRPLANE THAT FLIES!!!

 @ISIDEWITHasked…4wks4W

How do you balance the needs of workers seeking fair compensation with the financial pressures faced by a large company like Boeing?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…4wks4W

Do you think a 25% pay raise over four years is sufficient for the hard work and dedication Boeing workers put into building planes?

 @9H65WTJ  from Oregon answered…4wks4W

There should be no raise overtime unless it fits the needs of the company!

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