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2024-10-25

Boeing machinists reject new labor contract, extending more than 5-week strike

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Boeing workers from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 attend a rally at their union hall during an ongoing strike in Seattle, Washington, U.S. October 15, 2024.  David Ryder | Reuters Boeing machinists voted against a new labor deal that included 35% wage increases over four years, their union said Wednesday, extending a more than…

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2024-10-22

Boeing machinists to vote on new proposal that could end strike

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People hold sings during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Boeing and its machinists’ union have reached a new contract proposal, the union said Saturday, outlining a deal that could end a more than monthlong…

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2024-10-20

Spirit AeroSystems to furlough 700 workers as Boeing strike continues

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Airplane fuselages bound for Boeing’s 737 Max production facility await shipment on rail sidings at their top supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., in Wichita, Kansas, on Dec. 17, 2019. Nick Oxford | Reuters Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems will furlough some 700 workers as a strike by machinists at the plane maker enters its sixth week, a spokesman for the…

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2024-10-14

Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs as losses deepen during factory strike

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Boeing 737 MAX airliners are pictured at the company’s factory in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 12, 2024. Stephen Brashear | AP Boeing will cut 10% of its workforce, or about 17,000 people, as the company’s losses mount and a machinist strike that has idled its aircraft factories enters its fifth week. It will also push back the long-delayed launch…

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2024-09-25

Boeing sweetens labor proposal in ‘best and final’ offer

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Striking Boeing workers hold rally at the Boeing Portland Facility on September 19, 2024, in Portland, Oregon.  Jordan Gale | AFP | Getty Images Boeing on Monday sweetened its contract offer and said it was its “best and final” proposal for its more than 30,000 machinists as their strike, which has halted most of the aerospace giant’s aircraft production,…

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2024-09-19

Boeing starts furloughing ‘large number’ of employees amid strike

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Boeing will temporarily furlough thousands of U.S. executives, managers and other staff, citing the ongoing machinist strike as the company races to preserve cash, CEO Kelly Ortberg told employees Wednesday. The furloughs will affect tens of thousands of Boeing employees, a company spokesperson said. The plan came less than a week after Boeing’s more than 30,000 machinists in the…

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2024-09-14

Boeing factory workers strike for first time since 2008

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Workers with picket signs outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility during a strike in Everett, Washington, US, on Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.  M. Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing‘s factory workers walked off the job after midnight on Friday, halting production of the company’s bestselling airplanes after staff overwhelmingly rejected a new labor contract. It’s a costly…

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2024-09-13

Boeing faces strike threat as workers vote on new contract

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A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is assembled at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington, on June 25, 2024. Jennifer Buchanan | Afp | Getty Images Boeing workers are voting on a new labor contract Thursday, setting up the potential for a crippling strike that the company’s CEO said would jeopardize the struggling plane-maker’s recovery. The tentative agreement that…

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