Boeing machinists reject new contract, continuing costly walkout

Boeing machinists connected Wednesday voted to cull a caller labour statement connection and proceed a costly weekslong onslaught that halted accumulation of immoderate of nan embattled company's top-selling planes, resulting successful furloughs and layoff announcements for thousands of workers. 

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced on societal media that 64% of members voted to cull nan deal. 

"The onslaught will proceed astatine each designated picket locations," nan national said. 

The ballot comes much than a period aft 33,000 national members overwhelmingly rejected a negotiated connection and walked off nan occupation connected Sept. 13. 

The IAM connected Saturday had said it had brokered a tentative woody pinch Boeing that included cumulative raises of almost 40% complete 4 years, importantly much than nan anterior negotiated offer.

The caller statement connection besides includes a $7,000 ratification prize and a larger institution publication to status plans. It did not bring backmost a defined use pension that was stiff a decade agone and that galore wanted to return to.

Contract talks collapsed down earlier successful nan month, but nan institution and national resumed bargaining successful caller days, pinch Julie Su, nan acting labour secretary, walking to Seattle to meet pinch some sides.

If workers had voted to judge nan statement offer, they would person had to return to activity connected Oct. 31, according to nan union. 

Boeing can't nutrient immoderate caller 737s truthful agelong arsenic nan onslaught that unopen down assembly plants successful nan Seattle area continues. One awesome Boeing jet, nan 787 Dreamliner, is manufactured astatine a nonunion mill successful South Carolina. 

As machinists formed their ballots, Boeing reported a monolithic third-quarter nonaccomplishment of much than $6 billion, pinch nan airplane shaper deed by nan five-week-old onslaught and charges tied to its commercialized craft and defense programs. 

Boeing is struggling to correct itself aft manufacturing troubles and aggregate national investigations aft an in-air panel blowout successful January. 

In August, nan company brought successful Kelly Ortberg, a seasoned aerospace executive, arsenic its caller CEO pinch nan instruction to correct Boeing's information and manufacturing issues. Ortberg, who earlier this period announced job cuts of 10% of nan company's workforce, aliases 17,000 employees, connected Wednesday wrote in prepared remarks he delivered to investors Wednesday that Boeing is "at a crossroads."

"The spot successful our institution has eroded," he wrote. "We've had superior lapses successful our capacity crossed nan institution which person disappointed galore of our customers." 

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