Unionized machinists at Boeing voted Monday to accept a contract offer and end their strike after more than seven weeks, clearing the way for the aerospace giant to resume production of its bestselling airliner and generate much-needed cash. Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district in Seattle said 59% of members who cast ballots agreed … Read more
New York Times technology staffers went on strike Monday morning just ahead of Election Day, threatening to disrupt the paper’s coverage as the 2024 presidential race comes to a close. The Times’ tech guild walked off the job shortly after midnight, according to the Wall Street Journal. The guild’s demands include worker protections, fair pay … Read more
SCHOOLS in one of Scotland’s biggest council areas are closed today as staff walk out of the job amid a bitter pay dispute. Thousands of pupils in the First Minister John Swinney’s constituency of Perth and Kinross will miss lessons as non-teaching staff begin their strike action this morning. 3 Pupils in Perth and Kinross … Read more
Boeing is exploring asset sales in a bid to boost its fragile finances by shedding its non-core or underperforming units, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The planemaker last week reached an agreement to offload a small defense unit that makes surveillance equipment for the U.S. military, the paper reported, citing people familiar with the … Read more
Boeing will send layoff notices to thousands of its employees within the coming weeks and a senior US official has flown to Seattle to encourage negotiations between the planemaker and the union, according to a report. Boeing will next month send 60-day notices to thousands of workers, including employees in its commercial aviation division, a … Read more
Nearly 50,000 dockworkers launched a strike this week at ports from Maine to Texas — but, in a bizarre quirk that has resulted from massive concessions to the union over the decades, the affected ports only employ 25,000. There’s a massive gulf in the numbers between those who show up for work and total membership … Read more
At least 45 container vessels were anchored outside US ports on Thursday as a massive strike by dockworkers stretching from Maine to Texas entered its third day. Container ships formed lengthy queues along the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports by late Wednesday, unable to unload goods due to picketing dockworkers, compared to just three … Read more
Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks. The contract between the ports and about 45,000 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association expired at midnight, … Read more
As thousands of dockworkers are preparing to strike should a deal not be reached by the end of Monday, one business leader is questioning the union’s demand for a total ban on automation. International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) on Sunday said its 85,000 members, along with “tens of thousands of dockworkers and maritime workers around the world,” will hit … Read more
Jerusalem: Israeli forces “are carefully planning the coming days” and their attacks against Hezbollah will intensify, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has said. Israeli forces have killed over 600 militants, “including dozens of Hezbollah’s top military leaders,” since the onset of the Gaza conflict last year, and have struck “hundreds” of … Read more
