October 15, 2024 – 4:30 AM PDT
SEATTLE – Boeing (BA.N) factory workers will hold a large rally in Seattle on Tuesday to demand a better wage deal, mounting pressure on new CEO Kelly Ortberg to end a bitter strike that has plunged the troubled planemaker further into financial crisis.
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Around 33,000 unionized West Coast workers, most in Washington state, have been on strike since Sept. 13, demanding a 40% wage increase spread over four years and halting production of Boeing’s best-selling 737 MAX and its 767 and 777 widebodies.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and Boeing leadership are locked in a paralyzing blame game over the strike, with both…
