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More than 33,000 machinists employed by aerospace giant Boeing went on strike from September to November 2024.. It was the first strike by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers at Boeing since 2008; most of the striking workers were at the company's plants in Everett and Renton in the Seattle metropolitan area.
A strike by about 27,000 machinists at Boeing over outsourcing, job security, pay, and benefits began September 7, 2008. [1] [2] [3] The union, International Association of Machinists, and Boeing appeared unwilling to compromise to settle the strike. The company had 3,700 jets on back order, which union members hoped would put pressure on ...
Boeing machinists strike may refer to: 2008 Boeing machinists strike; 2024 Boeing machinists strike This page was last edited on 13 September 2024, at 22:05 (UTC). ...
Allen declared the strike illegal and proceeded to have multiple lawsuits over the fact. The result of the strike set back Boeing with their orders about 1.25 billion dollars. Boeing was then forced to hire about 50,000 to make for lost time and pushing out orders. Most of the orders were for the government making B-47s, B-50s, and C-97s. [14]
Furthermore, the machinists worked with AFL unions to repeal the act. The limitations imposed on union political activity by this act led to the creation of the Machinists' Non-Partisan Political League. [10] In 1948, Lodge 751 went on strike against the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington.
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
2024 Boeing machinists strike, the first strike by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers at Boeing since 2008. [61] 2024 HandyDART strike, 18-day strike by HandyDART workers in Vancouver, British Columbia, represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1724, over undercompensation and understaffing. [62]
1967 US Railroad strike: 1967 nationwide 440,000 [1] 1971 Telephone strike: 1971 nationwide 400,000 [6] 1970 General Motors Strike: 1970 nationwide 400,000 Textile workers' strike (1934) 1934 New England, Mid-Atlantic region and U.S. southern states: 400,000 Great Railroad Strike of 1922: 1922 nationwide 400,000 [7] 1955 Steel strike: 1955 ...