Tag: strike
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Boeing machinists reject new labor contract, extending strike
Boeing machinists voted 64% against a new labor deal that included 35% wage increases over four years, their union said Wednesday, extending a more than five-week strike that has halted most of the company’s aircraft production, which is centered in the Seattle area. The rejection is another major setback for the company, which warned earlier Wednesday that it would…
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Boeing workers to vote on new proposal that could end strike
Boeing and its machinists’ union have reached a new contract proposal, the union said Saturday, a deal that could end a more than month-long strike that has hobbled the manufacturers’ production. The ratification vote is set for Wednesday. Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su met with both parties earlier this week. “With the help of Acting U.S.…
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Drone strike launched from Lebanon towards Netanyahu’s house; Gaza hospitals under attack
Share IDF says 55 projectiles launched from Lebanon into Israel this morning At least 55 projectiles were launched from Lebanon into Israel in the sapce of an hour on Saturday morning, according to the Israeli military. Sirens had begun to sound across Israel ahead of the latest wave of missiles, including in the port city…
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Drone strike launched from Lebanon towards Netanyahu’s house, no casualities reported
A drone was launched towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house in the the northern Israel town of Caesarea on Saturday morning, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s office. Netanyahu and his wife were not in the building, and there were no causalities. The Israel Defense Forces said a drone crossing from Lebanon “hit a…
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Spirit AeroSystems to furlough 700 workers as Boeing machinist strike continues
Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems will furlough some 700 workers as a strike by machinists at the plane maker enters its sixth week, a spokesman for the supplier said Friday. More than 32,000 Boeing workers walked off the job Sept. 13 after overwhelmingly rejecting a tentative labor deal with Boeing, deepening the aircraft producer’s financial strain and handing a new challenge to CEO Kelly…
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Teen recounts horror after his mom and brother were burned alive by Israeli strike on Gaza hospital
When an Israeli airstrike on Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah sparked a fire that swept through a cluster of tents Monday night, 19-year-old Shaban al-Dalu was sleeping near his mother, Alaa, 38. In a video that circulated widely on social media, Shaban’s arms could be seen reaching from the enveloping flames, horrifying a world…
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Boeing strike enters second month as workers rally in Seattle
SEATTLE — Boeing factory workers held a large rally in Seattle on Tuesday to demand a better wage deal, mounting pressure on new CEO Kelly Ortberg to end a bitter strike that has plunged the planemaker further into financial crisis. Hundreds of striking workers packed the main hall at their union’s headquarters chanting “Pension! Pension! Pension!” and “One…
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U.S. crude prices fall more than 4% as Israel is not expected to strike Iran’s oil industry
U.S. crude futures fell more than 4% on Tuesday, after Israel reportedly told the U.S. that it is not planning to strike Iran’s oil facilities, relieving fears that a major supply disruption in the Middle East is on the horizon. Israel plans to limit its retaliatory strikes in Iran to military targets and does not…
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Boeing factory strike crosses 1-month mark as pressure mounts on new CEO
It’s been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job after overwhelmingly voting down a tentative contract. Costs and tensions have only risen since then. The strike is adding to pressure on Boeing’s new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, who was brought in over the summer to solve the plane maker’s various troubles. The strike, which S&P…
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Israeli strike on Gaza hospital ignites devastating fire
The strikes marked a deadly weekend in Gaza that continued into Monday morning, with the Israeli military launching a separate strike in the area of the Jabalia refugee camp in the enclave’s north, killing at least several people and injuring dozens of others, an official at the Al-Awda Hospital told NBC News. The official said…