Union machinists and supporters wave picket signs in Everett, Washington, September 19, 2024
THE union at the centre of strike action at Boeing told the employer today that its “best and final offer” wasn’t good enough to end the dispute.
The leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) district 751 said there will not be an acceptance vote before Boeing's Friday deadline.
The union also complained that the offer, which includes bigger raises and larger bonuses, was publicised to the 33,000 striking workers without first bargaining with union negotiators.
This strike is about pay and conditions, says CAMERON HARRISON – but it also shows workers have the power to disrupt the mightiest war machine on Earth
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR
