Boeing and its union of 33,000 members reached a tentative deal on Saturday that could win workers a 35% wage increase and end a strike hampering the company’s production, per the proposal.

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    20 days ago

    It will be a shame if they take this. They should have gotten the 40% they were demanding. Unfortunately, I understand the desire of the union to not press its resources.

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      20 days ago

      They should have had 1 demand:

      All McD executives must resign immediately without bonuses or severerance compensation of any kind.

      Without this condition, Boeing has 0 chance to survive.

      • Doug Holland@lemmy.world
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        20 days ago

        Boeing effectively is the US military, so it’s in zero danger of going out of business, no matter how incompetently it’s run.

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          20 days ago

          You have no idea what you’re talking about.

          Lockheed Martin is the US military.

          Boeing is, I don’t know, the USN’s attempt to wear daddy’s clothes.

          They can go out of business easily, the only thing they’re really good at it lobbying congress, and they’re still a distant second to LM.