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Striking Boeing factory workers say they are ready to hold out for a better contract
SEATTLE (AP) — Blue-collar workers from Boeing walked picket lines in the Pacific Northwest instead of building airplanes on Friday after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract that would have raised their wages by 25% over four years. The strike by 33,000 machinists will...
Workers who assemble Boeing planes are on strike. Will that affect flights?
NEW YORK (AP) — A strike by some 33,000 Boeing machinists has halted production of the American aerospace giant's best-selling airplanes. The workers began picketing at Boeing factories and plants in Washington, Oregon and California on Friday after rejecting a contract offer their union...
A strike at Boeing extends a new era of labor activism long in decline at US work places
Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job at at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere early Friday after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike. Organized labor has made itself heard over the past year and the number of actions taken by unions has soared. There...
Boeing machinists vote to strike after rejecting pay increases of 25% over 4 years
SEATTLE (AP) — Machinists at Boeing voted Thursday to go on strike, another setback for the giant aircraft maker whose reputation and finances have been battered and now faces a shutdown in production of its best-selling airline planes. The International Association of Machinists...
American Airlines flight attendants ratify contract that ends their threats to go on strike
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Flight attendants at American Airlines voted Thursday to ratify a new contract, ending a long dispute that got the attention of President Joe Biden after the cabin crews threatened to go on strike. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants said that...
Workers call off protest that grounded flights at Kenya's main airport
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's airport workers' union has called off a strike that grounded flights in the country's main airport on Wednesday over awarding the contract for its modernization and operations to an Indian firm. The decision came after a day-long talks between the...
James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader voice lives on through AI. Voice actors see promise and peril in that
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones' voice became an indelible piece of his work as a performer. On screen, Jones, who died Monday at 93, brought to life a reclusive writer coaxed back into the spotlight in...
A Boeing strike is looking more likely. The union president expects workers to reject contract offer
The risk of a strike at Boeing appears to be growing, as factory workers complain about a contract offer that their union negotiated with the giant aircraft manufacturer. The president of the union local that represents 33,000 Boeing workers predicted that they will vote against a...
Boeing says it has a deal to avoid a strike by more than 30,000 machinists
Boeing and its largest union said Sunday they reached agreement on a new contract that, if ratified, will avoid a strike that threatened to shut down aircraft production by the end of the coming week. Boeing said 33,000 workers represented by the International Association of...
Talks between Boeing and its biggest union are coming down to the wire - and a possible strike
DALLAS (AP) — Boeing and its largest union are entering the last week of contract negotiations before a threatened strike by more than 30,000 workers who build the planes that carry millions of airline passengers every year. A walkout would add to the headwinds facing Boeing, which...
