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Shareholders could have corrected some of the company’s errors, but buybacks kept them mollified.
Union workers have picketed in front of Boeing for 19 straight days. They are willing to stay longer.
Commentary
Along with pay, workers could assure better future for Boeing by disincentivizing share buybacks.
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The contract proposal is more than a labor agreement; it’s a commitment to workers and the community.
The deal, set for a Thursday vote by the union, gives workers a 25% wage increase and parental leave.
The union is calling for a 40% raise for workers over the next three years.
As part of the deal, the company agreed to pay a fine of nearly half a billion dollars and strengthen its safety programs.
The Justice Department told victims’ families that it would propose a nearly $244 million fine and three years of company oversight to settle a fraud charge.
The material, purchased from a little-known Chinese company, was sold with falsified documents and used in parts that went into jets.
The agency’s ultimatum comes a day after a meeting with CEO Dave Calhoun and other top Boeing officials in Washington, D.C.
A source says the fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet earlier this month was reinstalled improperly at the Boeing facility in Renton.
The aerospace giant hasn’t fixed the anti-icing system on its new, smaller version of the airliner.
If Boeing balks at union demands, it could face a damaging strike that would seriously set back its attempts to recover.
Decades ago, a top company doctor warned of chemical exposure. Now workers’ children with lifelong disabilities are coming forward.
Gov. Inslee announced state support for the development and expansion of two clean energy company facilities in Washington.
Boeing donated the fuselage to a manufacturing program Thursday: “This is going to be a game changer in how we offer our training.”
