We saw this with GM, when things are tight and the company needs to survive

Sep 17, 2024
6:51:49am

novacoug1 Political Junky

Having a union work force will burn you

With GM, Obama's cronyism meant they were rewarded for their political loyalty - but with less corrupt administratons the whole thing just goes away

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Wow, Boeing already offered 25% pay increase over 4 years....

Xenon

Sep 17, 6:06am

Man, if only Boeing knew a guy who could...'eliminate' some problems...

Courtimedes

Sep 17, 6:08am

After the serious inflation is that much of an increase?

Baron

Sep 17, 6:12am

Guess they aren’t feeling the joy

Samsonite

Sep 17, 6:54am

Just shut it down. Let the union figure out how to start it back up

TwinsRight

Sep 17, 6:19am

Is it across the board or the production workers?

Zoobieman

Sep 17, 6:22am

The machinists are still mad about the 2014 contract

justAnotherCoug

Sep 17, 6:33am

Yeah, that is part of why this looks like really tough negotiation...

Xenon

Sep 17, 6:54am

I suspect that if Boeing had treated their employees well when things were good

justAnotherCoug

Sep 17, 7:17am

I agree, but also think that if the starting point is 40% raise....

Xenon

Sep 17, 8:20am

Boeing might need to burn it all down and start from scratch

nova_coug_fan

Sep 17, 6:33am

It's too bad the management that built this cannot be held criminally liable

justAnotherCoug

Sep 17, 6:38am

We saw this with GM, when things are tight and the company needs to survive

novacoug1

Sep 17, 6:51am

I was thinking that with Boeing struggling right now, a strike might kill the

Powerbait DPM

Sep 17, 6:59am

There are counter examples (Delta pilots 2004)

justAnotherCoug

Sep 17, 7:12am

Agree with all except the part about employees having little power

BYU '80

Sep 17, 7:17am

A shift employers could not tolerate

justAnotherCoug

Sep 17, 7:20am

The company took away the machinists yearly bonus mechanism..

outback747

Sep 17, 7:14am

My co-worker’s husband is a mechanic on strike. She said she doesn’t understand

boorad

Sep 17, 8:27am

They also sent the 787 assembly line to South Carolina a non union state

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