Boeing workers in the Seattle area overwhelmingly rejected Wednesday, October 23, the latest proposed four-year labor contract agreement proposed by industry management and voted to continue their strike, which has paralyzed two critical important factories from mid-September, their trade union body announced. 64% of local IAM members opposed the proposal, the union said via X. Boeing management’s most recent offer included wage increases of 35% over four years, but without restoring the pension system that was abolished in 2008, a demand of many of its employees. The decision to put further pressure on the US aerospace giant’s management reflects years of resentment among many workers, who feel they were cheated a decade ago, and deepens problems for Boeing, which was already in crisis. Over 30,000 workers went on strike in factories in the west […]
Source: News Beast
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