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Boeing
Analysis
Boeing gives copy-cat raises to its non-union assembly workers in South Carolina
A union fight has once again raised standards for non-union workers too.
Jobs
Boeing lays off 3,500
This batch of layoffs is just the first. Boeing announced in October that it would lay off 17,000 employees, 10% of its global workforce.Â
Collective bargaining
After 54 Days, Boeing strike is over
Boeing Machinists in Oregon and Washington returned to work Nov. 6 with historic contract gains, including raises totaling 43.65%.
Collective bargaining
Boeing workers say no to 35% raises
They’ve waited years to send a message: After lives spent building planes, they deserve a secure retirement.
Collective bargaining
Boeing strike enters sixth week
Boeing cut off strikers’ access to health benefits. Many have taken temporary jobs. But if anything, Boeing seems to be hurting even more.
Collective bargaining
Boeing strike continuesÂ
Roughly 33,000 Machinists union members are nearing the fourth week of a historic strike at Boeing, with no obvious end in sight.
Collective bargaining
Machinists strike begins at Boeing
Boeing workers had a pension before 2016. They want it back.
Collective bargaining
Boeing workers vote to authorize a strike
The union contract with Boeing expires Sept. 12, at which point an estimated 34,000 workers could strike if they reject a final company offer.
National
Boeing pleads guilty to fraud
Boeing concealed information from FAA regulators about the software that caused two crashes and 346 deaths.
Workers Rights
L&I says Boeing stiffed its workers on travel pay
Boeing has paid over $11.5 million to 495 employees to resolve complaints that it failed properly pay and account for required travel time.
Collective bargaining
Boeing back in bargaining – first time in 16 years
In the past Boeing schemed to squeeze concessions out of workers and taxpayers. This year union leaders are looking for a reboot.
Culture
Carl Gibson does it again
Machinists Lodge 63 member Carl Gibson will be representing Boeing at a national truck driving competition Aug. 16-19 in Columbus, Ohio.
Culture
Washington’s best straight truck driver? A Boeing machinist
Carl Gibson will compete in the 'straight truck' category at the National Truck Driving Championships Aug. 16-19 in Indianapolis.
Collective bargaining
SPEEA workers at Boeing split in narrow votes on contract extension
A unit of over 12,000 engineers narrowly voted to accept a four-year contract extension, while a unit of 5,000 technical workers voted to reject it.
Union Organizing
Machinists win toehold at Boeing South Carolina plant
South Carolina is the least-unionized state in the nation, with just 2.6 percent of workers in a union, and its governor wants to keep it that way.
Jobs
OE 701 cries foul at Boeing use of “rat” contractor at Gresham plant
Integrity Machinery Moving is accused of underbidding union contractors while employing nonunion workers and paying them below area-standard wages and benefits.Â
Union Organizing
Boeing South Carolina votes to stay nonunion
South Carolina Boeing rejected the Machinists Union by a three-to-one margin
Jobs
Boeing terminates contract with union paint contractor
147 Machinists-represented workers will be terminated, though many may end up being hired by the new contractor.
Union Organizing
At a Boeing paint contractor, workers vote to join Machinists union
An 11th-hour anti-union blitz fell flat at a contractor where workers make half the wage of their union counterparts.
Union Organizing
At a Boeing contractor in Portland, workers vote whether to go union
Well-paid professional union-busters will try to talk low-wage workers out of unionizing.
