November 4, 2024 1:02 pm

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Boeing and IAM announce new contract vote for Nov 4

EVERETT—With the assistance of Secretary of Labor Julie Su, the International Association of Machinist (IAM) 751 & W24 will be allowing its 33,000 members on Monday, November 4, to vote on an updated contract offer by Boeing with hopes to ending a 49-day strike that has cost billions of dollars in lost revenue. “Your Union […]

Boeing IAM workers reject latest offer, strike continues, Boeing silent

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SEATTLE—Boeing IAM 751 & W24 union members overwhelmingly voted, 64 percent, on Wednesday, October 23, to reject the latest October 19 contract offer from the aerospace company. The strike continues. “This wasn’t enough for our members,” Jon Holden, IAM 751 President told reporters at Wednesday’s presser following the vote. “There is a big gap we […]

Boeing reports $6.2 billion loss for third quarter results

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ARLINGTON, Va.—At its third-quarter 2024 earnings briefing on October 23, Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortberg shared the grim reality of the company’s financial challenges ahead and his four-point plan to “restore Boeing to the leadership position that we all know and want.” “It will take time to return Boeing to its former legacy, but with […]

V-Day: Tens of thousands of Machinists vote on Boeing’s latest offer

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EVERETT—Polling locations in Washington, Oregon, and California open on October 23 at 8 a.m. where approximately 33,000 International Association of Machinist (IAM) 751 & W24 workers will decide to accept or reject the latest October 19 bargaining agreement offer by Boeing. The latest offer is a much better deal from the original union leadership endorsed […]

High-ranking congressional leaders urge Boeing and IAM to reach deal, ‘$8 trillion’ at stake

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EVERETT—Three of the highest-ranking congressional leaders—U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Representatives Adam Smith (D, WA-09), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Rick Larsen (D, WA-02), ranking member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee—along with president pro tempore of the United States […]

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

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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

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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

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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 […]

Boeing withdraws its ‘best and final’ offer, negotiations in limbo

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EVERETT—Boeing announced Tuesday evening it has withdrawn its “best and final” offer proposed to IAM 751 & W24 union members on September 23, now leaving 33,000 striking workers and an industry anxiously awaiting next steps. Boeing spokesperson declined to elaborate on what those next steps will be when asked by the Lynnwood Times. Also, Boeing’s […]

Larsen and DelBene join the picket line with Boeing Machinists in Everett

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EVERETT—Representatives Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) joined striking Boeing IAM 751 workers on the picket lines outside of Boeing’s Everett factory on Friday, September 27, to hear their concerns and to show support to union members’ efforts to negotiate a fair contract with Boeing. “They are very dedicated to each other, they are […]

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