Boeing Seattle workers reach tentative pay deal, avert strike
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The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) had been pushing for a 40% raise in their first full negotiation with Boeing in 16 years
  • TacticsConsort@yiffit.net
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    2 months ago

    That’s great for the workers, but… is Boeing as a company just too far gone anyways? Even a gesture like this doesn’t seem like it could reverse the spiral they’ve fallen into…

    Brazenly assassinating whistleblowers, a notorious focus on moneymaking over public safety, rushing production in order to meet deadlines, self-certifications that are being found not to be up to industry standards, quality rejection by NASA, more whistleblowers citing safety violations on the new 777 that are so severe that it might be more cost-effective to just scrap all the planes than to totally disassemble them to fix the issues, and a complete exodus of talented workers who can pass on essential technical knowledge because driving them away was necessary in order to make all the Speed Over Safety stuff feasible…

    I certainly don’t envy anyone who’s been tasked with saving the rotten zombie husk of Boeing that’s shambling along only by the momentum it accrued while it was alive.

  • toiletobserver@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 months ago

    Not a word from IAM in this article. No mention of pension or medical terms. I’ll believe it when mechanics vote for it. This article is one sided garbage.