The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is the largest aerospace union in North America and represents Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers.
Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers voted on Thursday to strike for higher pay, halting production of the planemaker's strongest-selling jet as it wrestles with chronic output delays and mounting debt.
More than 30,000 Boeing workers in the Seattle area and in Oregon were set to strike Friday after staff rejected a new labor contract. The work stoppage will halt production of most of the company's aircraft.
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration will testify on Sept. 25 before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on the planemaker's oversight of Boeing , a committee aide told Reuters.
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board told new Boeing Co CEO Kelly Ortberg that the planemaker "has a safety culture problem" that must be addressed.
Boeing faces a likely strike on Friday by more than 30,000 workers that could shutter its Seattle-area plane factories over demands for a bigger pay increase than the 25% over four years that union leaders agreed to.
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Boeing and the union that represents some 33,000 workers unveiled a tentative agreement earlier this week. The deal would include 25% raises over four years.
Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers will vote on a much-criticized new contract and a possible strike on Thursday, piling pressure on the planemaker as it wrestles with chronic production delays and mounting debt.
Workers go to the polls today, voting on a new labor agreement that could boost average pay by roughly one third over four years.
The company's earnings and cash flow do not match the management's plan after the 737 MAX's first delivery. Boeing is pressured to generate cash, pay down debt, and fund a new narrowbody plane in the coming decade.