Boeing announces plans of a 10% total workforce reduction as strike continues

EVERETT—In an email to all employees sent Friday afternoon, Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortberg announced that due to the ongoing strike, the company will delay delivery of its 777X program by a year to 2026, decommission the commercial program of its 767 freighter, and will now be assessing a total workforce reduction of 10 […]

Boeing strikes back: New allegations of bad faith bargaining, misrepresentation of union leaders

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a twist of events, The Boeing Company on Thursday, October 10, filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union (IAM), specifically against 751 president Jon Holden and W24 president Brandon Bryant alleging “bad faith bargaining.” The charge is related […]

Jayapal and fellow Progressive Caucus members call for Boeing contract talks to continue

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Thirty members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, led by Washington state’s very own United States Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), is calling on Boeing and IAM 751 and W24 negotiating teams to “return to the bargaining table” following the aerospace company’s rescinding its “best and final” September 23 offer on October 8. “IAM District 751and […]