The IAM 751 members vote Friday whether to Accept or Reject a contract proposal from Boeing that will extend the term to 2024 and contain several contract concessions in return for assembling the 777X in Everett (WA) and… Read More
IAM International President Tom Buffenbarger advocates that IAM 751 approve a contract from Boeing that freezes current pensions and adopts a 401(k) style pension for future hires. Yet Buffenbarger advocated to IAM 837 (the union District at Boeing’s… Read More
Update, 3:30pm PST: IAM 751 leaders have come out opposed to ratifying the contract. This, and a response to Ray Conner’s earlier email, is below the jump, reprinted here. (There is no unique link.) Original Post: The Seattle… Read More
Update, 10 pm PST: IAM 751 gave us its reaction; it’s at the bottom of this post. Original Post: At a time where feelings are running raw with IAM 751 members, the Boeing Board of Directors authorized a… Read More
IAM’s offer to Boeing: While IAM 751 released its analysis of the Boeing contract offer of last week, it refuses to release its own offer to Boeing. We asked for it and received a terse, “That’s not available.”… Read More
IAM 751 issued an analysis of Boeing’s most recent contract offer and of the contract that was rejected in a November 13 vote. 751’s president, Tom Wroblewski, accompanied the analysis with a message to members. This is below… Read More
Update, 11 am PST: Boeing’s Doug Alder just sent us this statement: The union leadership rejected Boeing’s best and final counterproposal. Boeing did not withdraw its counterproposal, nor was there any need to do so, because the counterproposal was… Read More
Update, 11:30pm PST: KIRO TV (CBS Seattle) quotes Boeing spokesman Doug Alder as saying the Boeing offer has not been withdrawn, contradicting the IAM 751’s understanding. Update, 9:10 PM PST: The Seattle Times reports the IAM 751 membership… Read More