Commentary
Along with pay, workers could assure better future for Boeing by disincentivizing share buybacks.
Commentary
The contract proposal is more than a labor agreement; it’s a commitment to workers and the community.
The deal, set for a Thursday vote by the union, gives workers a 25% wage increase and parental leave.
The union is calling for a 40% raise for workers over the next three years.
As part of the deal, the company agreed to pay a fine of nearly half a billion dollars and strengthen its safety programs.
The Justice Department told victims’ families that it would propose a nearly $244 million fine and three years of company oversight to settle a fraud charge.
The material, purchased from a little-known Chinese company, was sold with falsified documents and used in parts that went into jets.
The agency’s ultimatum comes a day after a meeting with CEO Dave Calhoun and other top Boeing officials in Washington, D.C.
A source says the fuselage panel that blew off an Alaska Airlines jet earlier this month was reinstalled improperly at the Boeing facility in Renton.
The aerospace giant hasn’t fixed the anti-icing system on its new, smaller version of the airliner.
If Boeing balks at union demands, it could face a damaging strike that would seriously set back its attempts to recover.
Decades ago, a top company doctor warned of chemical exposure. Now workers’ children with lifelong disabilities are coming forward.
Gov. Inslee announced state support for the development and expansion of two clean energy company facilities in Washington.
Boeing donated the fuselage to a manufacturing program Thursday: “This is going to be a game changer in how we offer our training.”
U.S. accident investigators disagree with Ethiopian authorities over the cause of a 2019 Boeing 737 Max crash.
The company confirmed in depositions that parts of its Everett plant still don’t meet 2010 standards.
Parents believe toxins in company factories caused serious birth defects in their kids.
