Tag: Boeing
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Boeing sweetens offer as strike enters second week
Boeing on Monday sweetened its contract offer and said it was its “best and final” proposal for its more than 30,000 machinists as their strike, which has halted most of the aerospace giant’s aircraft production, entered its second week. The new offer raised pay, reinstated annual bonuses and increased a bonus that would be given upon the contract’s ratification,…
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Boeing starts furloughing tens of thousands of employees amid machinist strike
Boeing will temporarily furlough thousands of U.S. executives, managers and other staff, citing the ongoing machinist strike as the company races to preserve cash, CEO Kelly Ortberg told employees on Wednesday. The furloughs will affect tens of thousands of Boeing employees, a company spokesperson said. The plan came less than a week after Boeing’s more than 30,000 machinists…