Boeing Machinists Have Ended Their Seven-Week Strike
On Wednesday, striking Boeing machinists went back to work after approving a new contract. Among other wins, the agreement increases wages by 38% over four years and contains a promise to build the next plane at union plants in the Puget Sound area.
Union members react as their president announces that they will go on strike on September 12, 2024, in Seattle, Washington. (Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images)
Striking Boeing machinists started returning to work on Wednesday after voting for a new contract with substantial wage increases. The 33,000 Seattle-area machinists voted 59 percent to accept, just two weeks after two-thirds of them voted to reject a slightly worse contract.
Voting was more subdued this time, workers said. “The big difference in this contract is that we’re getting a lot of intimidation from our CEO now,” said striker Mylo Lang. He voted “no.”
“We put in a long, hard fight. We achieved a lot,” said Jon Voss, a steward at the Renton factory, where they build the 737. “Boeing does not get to be the bully that they have been for the past twenty-five years.”
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