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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]
A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes, which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes, where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties.
1942–1944 musicians' strike; 1945–1946 Charleston Cigar Factory strike; 1946 Oakland general strike; 1946 St. Paul teachers' strike; 1946 United States steel strike; 1946 Westinghouse Electric strike; 1947 Telephone strike; 1948 Boeing strike; 1949 Calvary Cemetery strike; 1949 New York City brewery strike; 1949 New York City taxicab strike
At the heart of the Boeing strike that began Friday is a story about what happens when penny-pinching executives lose the plot and it falls to workers to get everyone back on track.
The total economic loss of the strike so far, according to its numbers, has been $7.64 billion — the biggest chunk being $4.5 billion lost from Boeing, $648 million of lost wages within the ...
The previous Boeing machinists strike, in 2008, lasted nearly two months; however, in a note to clients, Bank of America analyst Ronald Epstein said the latest one could prove as short as a week.
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 ...
PHOTO: Boeing employees cheer and wave picket signs as a driver honks in support after a majority of union members voted to reject a new contract offer from the company, Oct. 23, 2024, in Renton ...