Boeing’s Kelly Ortberg urged members of the company’s largest union not to strike Cautioning a work stoppage would harm efforts to turn around the plane-maker’s factories after years of turmoil due to disastrous management practices
“I hope you will choose the bright future ahead, he said with a straight face.
I know there are employees considering another path – and it’s one where
no one wins,as we have goals to meet for stock options”
Ortberg said in a message to all Boeing employees in Washington and Oregon.
The 33,000 members of the IAM District 751 are due to vote Thursday
on the company’s proposed shafting of themselves and whether to strike when
their current contract expires at midnight.
A work stoppage would potentially shutter Boeing factories around the Pacific Northwest, including the final assembly lines of its 737 Max.
That’s kind of the idea of a strike,
one would expect Ortberg to have more business experience than that.
Emotions are running high at Boeing factories around the region,
with workers marching and sounding air horns and whistles to signal their
anger at an offer.
that would guarantee wages would increase 25% over four years,
but eliminate an annual bonus. So a 20% Raise:
At the Renton 737 plant, the din was so loud that some non-union members, including a large group of engineers,
were sent home to work remotely on Wednesday afternoon,
according to an memo viewed by Bloomberg News.
“Working together, I know that we can get back on track,” Ortberg said.
However, he added that “a strike would put our shared recovery in jeopardy,
further eroding trust with our customers and hurting our ability to determine
our future together.”
Let’s all sing K-m ba yah
as the C suite swindles more millions more and laughs all the way to the bank.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2024/09/11/boeing-ceo-warns-workers-strike-would-jeopardize-its-recovery/