Two overhead crane operators are on strike at a Boeing picket line in Everett, Washington, according to reports on socialistworker.org.
The report said: “The strike at Boeing by 27,500 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is in its third week. Despite earning record profits of over $8.5 billion since the last strike was settled in 2005, Boeing forced the IAM onto the picket line with an offer that included inadequate pension and wage increases, more outsourcing of union jobs and increased health care costs.”
Strikers Don Grinde, a 31-year employee at Boeing, and Steve Parsley, who has been at the company for more than 19 years are on their fifth and fourth strikes, respectively, against Boeing.
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