{"id":32820,"date":"2024-09-29T03:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=32820"},"modified":"2024-09-29T04:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T09:38:49","slug":"latest-talks-between-boeing-and-its-striking-machinists-break-off-without-progress-union-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=32820","title":{"rendered":"Latest talks between Boeing and its striking machinists break off without progress, union says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NEW YORK — The union representing Boeing<\/a> factory workers who are currently on strike<\/a> in the Pacific Northwest said contract talks \u201cbroke off\u201d with the company after their latest bargaining session<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an update posted on social media platforms X<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>, a regional district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers asserted late Friday that Boeing “would not engage substantively\u201d on key issues important to members \u2014 such as higher pay \u2014 and didn’t budge on calls to restore a defined-benefit pension<\/a> that was axed 10 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No further negotiation dates were scheduled after Friday’s session led by federal mediators, IAM District 751 said. The union added that it remained \u201copen to talks with the company, either direct or mediated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement sent to The Associated Press on Saturday, Boeing said it was \u201cprepared to meet at any time,\u201d committed to bargaining in good faith and wanted to reach an agreement as soon as possible<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aerospace giant on Monday issued what it termed its \u201cbest and final\u201d offer<\/a>. The proposal included pay raises of 30% over four years \u2014 up from 25% in a deal that union members overwhelmingly rejected when they voted to strike on Sept. 12, but still far below the union’s original demand of 40% over three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boeing angered union leaders by announcing the revised offer to its striking workers through the media and setting a Friday night deadline for ratification. In light of pushback, Boeing backed down and gave the union<\/a> more time. However, many workers have maintained the latest offer wasn\u2019t good enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strike by nearly 33,000 machinists now is in its third week, and negotiations also stalled earlier in the walkout that has halted production of Boeing’s best-selling airplanes. The strike will not disrupt airline flights anytime soon<\/a>, but has put more pressure on a company that has already faced a series of financial, legal<\/a> and mechanical challenges<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NEW YORK — The union representing Boeing factory workers who are currently on strike in the Pacific Northwest said contract talks \u201cbroke off\u201d with the company after their latest bargaining session. In an update posted on social media platforms X and Facebook, a regional district of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers asserted late Friday that Boeing “would not engage substantively\u201d on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":32821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1154],"tags":[25864,2251],"class_list":["post-32820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-boeing","tag-unions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32822,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32820\/revisions\/32822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}