Items Tagged with 'Boeing'

CHARLESTON, SC—Boeing announced a $1 billion investment in its South Carolina 787 Dreamliner manufacturing plant, aiming to upgrade infrastructure and create 500 new jobs over the next five years. The move comes as the company works to recover from a challenging 2024 and ramp up production.

SEATTLE, WA—Boeing workers on the U.S. West Coast voted to accept a new contract, ending a seven-week strike that had halted much of the company’s jet production. 

RENTON, WA—Should the vote pass, workers could return as early as Wednesday, with a deadline for return by November 12.

SEATTLE—The governors of Utah, Missouri and Montana on Tuesday urged Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking machinists to end a nearly seven-week-old strike, citing the impact to their states and the planemaker’s suppliers.

SEATTLE—Factory workers represented by the International Association of Machinists have voted to reject Boeing’s latest contract offer and continue their strike, which has now lasted more than five weeks.

The rapid economic recovery, the tight labor market, and high inflation have shifted power to workers who are organized. 

WASHINGTON—In some facilities, Boeing personnel are allowed to inspect their own work.

SEATTLE, WA—Boeing proposed a 30% general pay increase over four years to more than 32,000 striking workers, in what it called a "best and final" offer. The offer also included reinstating a performance bonus, improved retirement benefits, and a doubled ratification bonus of $6,000 if workers accepted the deal by Friday. 

SEATTLE, WA—Boeing significantly increased its contract proposal to the Machinists union today to end the strike that poses a serious threat to the company's operations. 

SEATTLE—About 33,000 union members at Boeing went on strike Friday after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed four-year contract with the troubled aircraft manufacturer.