The tentative deal comes just days ahead of a possible strike at the plane maker's main factories.

Boeing is offering its staff a 25% pay rise over four years in a bid to avoid a strike that could potentially shut down its assembly lines as early as Friday.

Union leaders representing more than 30,000 employees have urged the workers to support the proposal, describing it as the best contract they had ever negotiated.

If approved, the agreement would be an important achievement for Boeing’s new chief executive, Kelly Ortberg, who faces pressure to fix the company’s quality and reputational issues.

  • Hildegarde@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 days ago

    You keep saying there’s tons of evidence, yet provided none.

    Find me one time an american company unilaterally decreaced the pay of a union contract during its term.

    If that was common, we would’t negotiate multi-year agreements.

    In fact, it would be far easier for them to do that after the contract expires, and a 1 year contract term would give them many more opportunities.

      • Hildegarde@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 days ago

        I don’t know what point you’re trying to make. Yes I think boeing taking am action that ensures a strike and also loses them money for no benefit is not plausible.

        Do some cursory reading on the national labor relations act.

        • JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world
          11·
          8 days ago

          When I wrote that it was taking Boeing at its word, I was leaning more into a possibility of leadership changing their minds.

          All I was really getting at by commenting about the contract was that corporate greed exists

          The point I was trying to convey is that companies are run by people and people are corruptable.

          I’m of the opinion there are no lines a company won’t cross if there’s a dollar to be made

          I even said:

          You’re correct to say there’s no reason to think any specific contact would be violated.

          And yet you continue to harp on about this, and now tell me to go do some reading? Read the comments you’re replying to.

          You haven’t conceded a single thing or even mentioned any of the rebuttals I have made to you points, and you continue to attack what I have repeatedly stated as only being my opinions.

          I should have trusted my instinct beforehand. This isn’t a discussion. This is a waste of effort.