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Boeing bosses are staring down the barrel.

The twists and turns of the past week paint a picture of managers badly wrong-footed by the depth of fury among workers who tossed out a 25% pay rise deal and launched strike action.

"They probably didn't think that we had enough people for the strike," Kushal Varma, a Boeing mechanic, told Reuters. "But this is a movement of people who are willing to put their livelihoods on the line to get what's fair."

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[–] davad 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Does anyone have concrete info on the offer and why it was rejected? Reading between the lines, it sounds like some of the issues were:

  • 24% is a lot, but doesn't bring them back to where they were 16 years ago when their last general wage deal happened
  • Contract reduces or removes performance incentives, which might reduce take-home pay overall
  • Some employees are mad that their pension was taken away a decade ago
  • They don't trust Boeing to keep it's promise about building the next commercial jet in the region

Anything else?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)
  1. The 25% raise is actually a 13% raise then 4% more each year. This barely keeps up with the rate of inflation and isn't a real raise. They are also trying to increase the rate at which they cap out their pay.

  2. They are trying to fight the mandatory overtime which is understandable.

  3. Yes the pension they definitely want their pensions back.

  4. This is all about job security. They don't want Boeing to make a plant somewhere else where it'll be cheaper to pay the employees and such.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Reminder for every American reading #1:

If you are not making 30% more than you made in 2020 you got a paycut.