I don’t think these idiots are going to get much sympathy from the public.
Boeing workers vote to strike after contract negotiations rejected by members
Factory workers at Boeing will walk off the job Friday after members voted late Thursday evening in favor of a strike, according to a report.
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He then announced roughly 30,000 workers who produce Boeing’s 737 MAX and other jets on the U.S. west coast voted 96% in favor of striking and subsequently halting production of the planemaker’s strongest-selling jet.
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Initially, IAM leadership recommended that its members accept the contract, but many workers responded angrily. Many of the dissenters argued for the originally demanded 40% pay rise and lamented the loss of an annual bonus.
If the strike slows, or better yet stops, the fielding of lethally defective aircraft on the market, I’m all for it. The longer they go without building another, the better.
I don’t think clowns assembling planes, that when they aren’t falling out of the sky are shedding parts, really rates a 40% pay jump. Bonuses? Maybe their “reasoning” is that a bonus is due when they don’t kill anyone that year.
I don’t think they rate the 25% raise Boeing was willing to give them.
