Boeing’s US Factory Workers Begin Strike After Vote

September 13, 2024 Business, Employment

Boeing’s U.S. West Coast factory workers walked off the job early on Friday after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract deal, halting production of the planemaker’s strongest-selling jet as it wrestles with severe output delays and heavy debt.

The workers’ first strike since 2008 comes as the planemaker is under heavy scrutiny from U.S. regulators and customers after a door panel blew off a 737 MAX jet mid-air in January.

Roughly 30,000 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) members who produce Boeing’s 737 MAX and other jets in the Seattle and Portland areas voted on their first full contract in 16 years, with 94.6% rejecting it and 96% favoring a strike in a two-part ballot.

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Breaking: unionized Boeing workers have approved a strike. IAM 751 says 33,000+ workers in Washington will stop work at midnight. People here say the pay & benefits in the company’s latest offer isn’t enough to live on. pic.twitter.com/9VI0jPdmoJ

— Casey Martin (@caseyworks) September 13, 2024