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The strike involves over 33,000 workers in the Seattle area and began on Friday after unions overwhelmingly refused tentative contract negotiations provided by the company.
More than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job at midnight Sept. 13 after turning down a tentative labor deal in a nearly 95% vote — 96% voted in favor of a strike. They received their ...
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, often simply the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC), [2] was formed in 1881 by Peter J. McGuire and Gustav Luebkert. It has become one of the largest trade unions in the United States, and through chapters, and locals, there is international cooperation that poises the brotherhood ...
Peter J. McGuire. Peter J. McGuire (July 6, 1852 – February 18, 1906) was an American labor leader of the nineteenth century. He co-founded the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in 1881 along with Gustav Luebkert [1] and became one of the leading figures in the first three decades of the American Federation of Labor.
In 1991, the union absorbed the Pattern Makers' League of North America. [15] The Transportation Communications International Union (TCU) merged with the IAM, after a TCU member vote in July 2005. [16] On September 7, 2008, the union began a 57-day strike against Boeing over issues with outsourcing, job security, pay and benefits. [17]
There were 470 work stoppages (466 strikes and 4 lockouts) involving approximately 539,000 workers last year, according to Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. The nearly ...
Some of the violence was directed at union construction sites staffed by other craft unions, such as the Carpenters Union, in an attempt to get the work for the Ironworkers. After an FBI investigation, federal prosecutors filed racketeering and arson charges against ten officers and members of Ironworkers Local 401.
A strike by some 33,000 Boeing machinists has halted production of the American aerospace giant's best-selling airplanes. ... when workers’ $150 weekly payments from the union’s strike fund ...