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Boeing starts furloughing tens of thousands of employees amid machinis
by 8DonCo Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:51 pm
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will temporarily furlough thousands of U.S. executives, managers and other staff, citing the ongoing machinist strike as the company races to preserve cash, CEO Kelly Ortberg told employees Wednesday.
The furloughs will affect tens of thousands of Boeing employees, a company spokesperson said.
The plan came less than a week after Boeing’s more than 30,000 machinists in the Seattle area and Oregon overwhelmingly voted down a new labor contract and 96% voted to strike, walking off the job just after midnight on Friday.
Negotiations between the two sides continued this week with a mediator. Boeing had offered a 25% raise and the union endorsed the tentative contract. But some workers told CNBC that the contract offer was rejected because the raises weren’t sufficient enough to match the increase in the cost of living in the Seattle area and it didn’t restore their pensions.
“We will not mince words - after a full day of mediation, we are frustrated,” the union said in a statement Tuesday.
Ortberg, who has been in the job for just under six weeks, said in a staff memo that affected employees would take one week of furlough every four weeks for the strike’s duration and he and his team would take “commensurate” pay cuts during the strike.
“While this is a tough decision that impacts everybody, it is in an effort to preserve our long-term future and help us navigate through this very difficult time. We will continue to transparently communicate as this dynamic situation evolves and do all we can to limit this hardship,” Ortberg said in his message.
will temporarily furlough thousands of U.S. executives, managers and other staff, citing the ongoing machinist strike as the company races to preserve cash, CEO Kelly Ortberg told employees Wednesday.
The furloughs will affect tens of thousands of Boeing employees, a company spokesperson said.
The plan came less than a week after Boeing’s more than 30,000 machinists in the Seattle area and Oregon overwhelmingly voted down a new labor contract and 96% voted to strike, walking off the job just after midnight on Friday.
Negotiations between the two sides continued this week with a mediator. Boeing had offered a 25% raise and the union endorsed the tentative contract. But some workers told CNBC that the contract offer was rejected because the raises weren’t sufficient enough to match the increase in the cost of living in the Seattle area and it didn’t restore their pensions.
“We will not mince words - after a full day of mediation, we are frustrated,” the union said in a statement Tuesday.
Ortberg, who has been in the job for just under six weeks, said in a staff memo that affected employees would take one week of furlough every four weeks for the strike’s duration and he and his team would take “commensurate” pay cuts during the strike.
“While this is a tough decision that impacts everybody, it is in an effort to preserve our long-term future and help us navigate through this very difficult time. We will continue to transparently communicate as this dynamic situation evolves and do all we can to limit this hardship,” Ortberg said in his message.
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Re: Boeing starts furloughing tens of thousands of employees amid machinis
by hoàng tử lưng gù Thu Sep 19, 2024 12:27 pm
The Union leaders demand too much because of an idea Government will bail out Boeing thôi anh 8.
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Re: Boeing starts furloughing tens of thousands of employees amid machinis
by Tu* Khoai Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:38 pm
hoàng tử lưng gù wrote:The Union leaders demand too much because of an idea Government will bail out Boeing thôi anh 8.
With today's big corporation greeds, gone the good old days of America worker's benefits of pension and sabbatical. You can't blame the Union's demands for its worker bees currently getting the meager salary increases that do not get caught up with high cost of living. Especially the unrealistic cost of affordable housing. Government does not have the responsibility to bail out a corporation. This is a misnomer.
However, government does have a responsibility to intervene and mediate to ensure that the parties come to the bargaining tables to resolve issues and prevent the strike and disruption of the labor market. It didn't seem that the government was doing that. Perhaps they wanted Boeing to fold.
Government will step in and bail out An Industry if that industry is on the verge of collapsing, and that could have hard impact on the America's economy and growth.
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Re: Boeing starts furloughing tens of thousands of employees amid machinis
by hoàng tử lưng gù Thu Sep 19, 2024 4:04 pm
Tu* Khoai wrote:hoàng tử lưng gù wrote:The Union leaders demand too much because of an idea Government will bail out Boeing thôi anh 8.
With today's big corporation greeds, gone the good old days of America worker's benefits of pension and sabbatical. You can't blame the Union's demands for its worker bees currently getting the meager salary increases that do not get caught up with high cost of living. Especially the unrealistic cost of affordable housing. Government does not have the responsibility to bail out a corporation. This is a misnomer.
However, government does have a responsibility to intervene and mediate to ensure that the parties come to the bargaining tables to resolve issues and prevent the strike and disruption of the labor market. It didn't seem that the government was doing that. Perhaps they wanted Boeing to fold.
Government will step in and bail out An Industry if that industry is on the verge of collapsing, and that could have hard impact on the America's economy and growth.
Anh Tư, if I were Boeing CEO, I would negotiate with all states to seek for a better long time deal and shift Boeing production out to where would offer me a good deal, then all will see Boeing or Union would get pissed off.
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