Ninety-six % of union members vote to stroll off the job at factories in Seattle and Portland.
Boeing’s roughly 33,000 manufacturing unit staff on the West Coast of the USA have voted overwhelmingly to strike within the newest blow for the beleaguered plane big.
Machinists on the firm’s factories in Seattle and Portland, Oregon on Thursday voted to stroll off the job from midnight after rejecting a proposal of a 25 % pay rise over 4 years.
The Worldwide Affiliation of Machinists and Aerospace Employees stated that 94.6 % of its members voted to reject the pay deal and 96 % again a strike.
The strike, the primary by Boeing staff since 2008, places a halt to manufacturing of the best-selling 737 MAX and different plane as the corporate grapples with output delays, heavy monetary losses and intense scrutiny of its security document.
“That is about respect, that is in regards to the previous, and that is about combating for our future,” stated Jon Holden, president of the Worldwide Affiliation of Machinists and Aerospace Employees District 751.
