Power Struggles
Boeing strike update: checks for strikers, lost revenue for big B
The union members that are on strike at Boeing are about to draw their first post-strike checks of $150 this Saturday. This will be the third week of the machinists union strike that is taking place over concerns that more jobs will be outsourced. While the $150 per week is paltry for the strikers — Boeing is losing out on approximately $100 million per day. Math like this makes it pretty clear-cut who is going to win out.
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30. September 2008 at 9:20 am :
[...] the company’s human resources flack, has said that the firings were a direct result of the Boeing strike that has been [...]
14. October 2008 at 4:11 pm :
[...] reportedly because the union was asked to bargain away 2,000 jobs. The company meanwhile, is losing $100 million per day because of closed factories due to the [...]