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To avoid strike, Boeing promises 25% pay hike—and to build next jet in Seattle

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Boeing is hoping to avoid a strike Friday with a tentative deal reached Sunday with the Machinists union representing 33,000 of its West Coast employees fighting for better wages and working conditions. If Boeing employees agree to the deal in a vote Thursday, their new contract will provide the "largest-ever general wage increase" in the company's history, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Stephanie Pope said in a press release. (arstechnica.com) More...

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steward444
David Steward 7
A 25% increase in salary over 4 years is peanuts compared to the 45% raise they gave to the CEO that has managed to run the company into the ground. $33 Million to do nothing to help The Boeing Co. How about taking care of the people that actually make the money for this company. They are working under a contract that was written 16 years ago! That means no substantial wage increases, only minimal cost of living increases that in no way have kept up with the failing economy. Yes, there have been problems, but MOST of the time those problems are NOT caused by the mechanics that are working under this contract. Do they get paid well? Yes, as they should! THEY BUILD AIRPLANES that carry millions of people around the world!
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johntaylor571
John Taylor 1
Is it the CEO assembling planes that the doors and wheels fall off of or the outstanding workers that think they deserve a raise?
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GeorgeDinius
George Dinius 0
Let’s do the math. 1 CEO, $33 million. 170,000 employees worldwide. Take $33 million away from the CEO, split it 170,000 ways, that’s about $20 apiece. Is that your plan?
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GeorgeDinius
George Dinius 1
No, $200.
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redmdz
Mike Ziemann 1
George, you are correct (once you fixed your math). Regardless of whether CEOs actually deserve those exorbitant salaries or not, the idea that those huge salaries are significantly coming out of the pockets of the workers is a myth that is propagated by politicians and labor organizations to create class-warfare and serve their own agenda. Sure, $200 into each worker's pocket would make for a nice little chunk of beer money for the Christmas party at the end of the year, but it wouldn't be enough to make them satisfied. So, let's get a grip on just how much money is, and is not, going into everybody's pockets in the grand scheme of things when we're talking about worker and executive salaries.
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briansfreeman
Brian Freeman 0
"THEY BUILD AIRPLANES that carry millions of people around the world!" And a growing number of aircraft that can only make as far as their crash site...
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augerin
Dave Mathes 1
...that's a cold commend...
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dwiggins01
Scott Wiggins 2
Correct me if I'm wrong but Boeing hasn't made a profit in years. But, Unions want a raise. I'm reminded of GM's bankruptcy where UAW workers compensation package was $72/hour at the time.
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avionik99
avionik99 6
What effect will this have on Boeing's ability to stay competitive? Now they just gave the person who failed to reinstall the bolts on that door panel and then document their work a 25% pay hike?? What can possibly go wrong? Typical Union biting the hand that feeds them once again.
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dilkie
dilkie 2
well, they didn't avoid it.. Perhaps they should be fighting to keep the company solvent and their jobs with it.
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Nooge
Nooge 6
So who is responsible for Boeings problems ? the workers? maybe making workers work too much leads to quality issues


Perhaps they should be fighting for their families


The pay proposal in the deal was particularly galling. It provides for a general wage increase of 11 percent in the first year, then 4, 4, and 6 percent in subsequent years. But the union’s contract highlights document failed to mention that an annual bonus, which generally accounted for a 3 to 4 percent of earnings, would be completely eliminated. Workers in lower classifications start at between $19 and $23 an hour.

Workers had hoped to see stronger curbs to mandatory overtime abuse. The current limit allows for 112 hours of forced overtime in a quarter, and up to 19 straight days of work. It was adjusted down from 128 in 2018.

Voss said that working 19 days straight is not uncommon in his shop and has resulted in physical collapse and mental breakdowns among co-workers. They install electrical and hydraulic systems in the wings of Boeing’s best-selling plane, the 737.

The new agreement would leave the 112-hour limit unchanged, but ban forced work two weekends in a row, and limit overtime to two hours on weekdays. Workers said the two-hour limit was already the practice in some areas, though the limits don’t apply during periods when a plane is being moved. Workers can voluntarily work up to 160 hours of overtime in a quarter and up to three weekends in a row.
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ko25701
ko25701 0
Screw the unions, Boeing has bought another 100 acres in Charleston. Maybe they should move everything to a right to work state?
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wscreate
William Micke -2
Indeed. Blue states are failing. Their people are fleeing. Boeing should follow this trend.
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CombatGuido
Guy Rovella 3
The only people leaving Blue States are the losers that can't cut in the big city. Almost all Red states get more from the federal government than they pay.
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johntaylor571
John Taylor 0
One of the stupidest comments on this site yet. I suppose Elon is such a loser he couldn't make it in a blue city sewer? Or Bezos couldn't cut it in a crappy blue city either? GTFO moron.
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trentenjet
trentenjet 0
Just one more nail in the coffin for Boeing's future bankruptcy. They can't get out of it. It will happen soon
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augerin
Dave Mathes 0
...this is the same union that tried to unionize workers at a plant that made artificial Christmas trees years ago...
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wscreate
William Micke -3
Boeing should follow Elon Musk's example and move their operations out of leftist-controlled states into free states such as texas and the other southern states.
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CombatGuido
Guy Rovella 3
Right. Move it out of the state that has all the skilled workers. How's that working out for Twitter?
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johntaylor571
John Taylor 1
Twitter's working great. Free speech for all. Of course you commie leftists don't like the idea of free speech. Plus, I suppose those vaunted blue cities where all the "skilled" workers are why the vast majority of homeless people shooting up/dying/crapping in the streets live; because there's so much talent there.
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GeorgeDinius
George Dinius 1
That’s why, after the 2008 strike, Boeing sited their 787 plant in South Carolina.
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dwiggins01
Scott Wiggins 1
They'll move the rest eventually. If they are driven into bankruptcy all bets are off. See GM for context.
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briansfreeman
Brian Freeman -1
Why shouldn't they be rewarded for the stellar work they've been producing lately??? Not unlike school teachers, raises have nothing to do with the final work product they produce. Gen Zers, who couldn't care less about their job quality still DEMAND more money regardless of their lack of dedication to the job. This country is doomed from many workforces hiring this constant stream of 'participation trophy recipients' and 'timeout babies' (with union protection, of course.)
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BillOverdue
Bill Overdue -2
Boeing has just given all those who failed them more initiative to continue to fail, and clearly they will! Again, I predict Boeing will file bankruptcy within 5 years!
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BillOverdue
Bill Overdue -5
Suggesting the need for "better wages and working conditions" as legitimate is patently absurd! With an average wage of $44 an hour while working in a climate controlled environment, I'd say for every "strike" day, that lost money comes right off the top of any kind of raise you would get! I can't imagine the Union has a leg to stand on with failure after failure after failure! They should be glad they still have a job! In the end, Boeing gets what they deserve, as they nurtured the BS in their organization and its coming home to roost!
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dwight666
D Chambers 5
Management gets millions in bonuses and options. They foist the MAX fiasco on us — don’t try blaming that on unions. Somehow, in this publication, it is always a union’s fault. Hmmm, I wonder if Airbus has unions. Russia? Nah, comrade Stalin/Putin would never allow that. Oh well
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GeorgeDinius
George Dinius 2
No, it’s not all the union’s fault. But they aren’t blameless.
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johntaylor571
John Taylor 1
Unions ruin every company they infest. Sure, they were a needed entity when they were first organized but everything they accomplished has been codified into law. The only thing unions exist for today is to make money and power for the leadership.
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Joystick2969
Stephen Rogers 0
A pay hike for doing such a great job?
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