2024-10-20 19:20:00
The train drivers, who have stopped working for five weeks, are due to decide on Wednesday whether to resume work.
Boeing management goes all out After five weeks of strike, the management of the aircraft manufacturer has presented a new proposal to the unions. Now he is proposing a 35% wage increase over four years (the strikers were demanding 40%). The offer includes a $7,000 bonus, the reinstatement of a profit-sharing plan and an upward review of the group’s contribution to pension funding. This point includes a one-time payment of $5,000 per person. Boeing management said this on Saturday « expect its employees to vote in favor of this proposal », Reuters reports. The strikers had rejected previous offers of wage increases of 25% and then 30%.
Removal of 10% of the workforce
About 33,000 unionized Boeing employees have been on strike, mostly in Washington state, since September 13. Production of the 737 Max, the group’s best-sellers, the 767 and 777 is seriously disrupted by the mobilization. Another pebble in Boeing’s shoe, already weakened financially. Boeing on Monday announced the elimination of 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, and an exceptional burden of $5 billion.
Another pitfall in a year marked by setbacks, after an Alaska Airlines 737 Max lost a cabin panel during flight. The slightest problems encountered on one of its devices are widely reported. On Saturday, a New York-bound Delta Airlines 767 aborted takeoff from Dakar, Senegal while taxiing « for technical reasons ». Yet another adventure.
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