Over 3,000 Boeing fighter jet workers go on strike after rejecting contract offer
Boeing Defense said he was ready to stop the job and that he would implement an unexpected situation plan using non -labor workers.
According to the company, the rejected four -year contract would roughly increase by 40% and contain a 20% general wage increase and a $ 5,000 approval bonus. In addition, increasing periodic increases contained more holidaytime and disease permission.
Boeing Vice President and St. “Our employees in St. Louis rejected an offer with an average wage increase,” Louis Facilities General Manager said, “Gillian said. He said.
The proposal was largely the same as the first proposal that was rejected by an overwhelming way a week ago.
International Machinery Association and Aviation Workers Region 837 members “skills, devotion and a contract reflecting the critical role they play in the defense of our nation.” He said. On Tuesday, Boeing CEO, Kelly Orterg, scruzed the effect of a strike on Tuesday while talking to analysts about the second quarter earnings, and said the company had a seven -week strike by 751 regional members who built commercial jets in the northwest last year. “I don’t worry much about the results of the strike. We will manage our way through it,” he said.
The region 837 brings together Boeing’s F-15 and F/A-18 fighters, the MQ-25, an air-refuel supply drone for the US navy.
Boeing’s Defense Department, after winning the contract this year, the new US Air Force Fighter Aircraft F-47A St. It expands the production facilities in the Louis region.
The region’s strike ended with the approval of a four -year contract, which includes a 38% wage increase.
