Why 33,000 Boeing workers are on strike

Photo caption: Boeing machinists union members picket outside of a Boeing factory, September 13, 2024, in Renton, Washington. Photo credit: Stephen Brashear / Getty Images. Article by Ellen Ioanes. Vox – September 13, 2024.

At 12:01 am on Friday, 33,000 Seattle and Portland area Boeing workers with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) went on strike. It’s the first time since 2008 that workers at Boeing, one of the world’s two major commercial aircraft suppliers, have walked off the job. […]

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