Boeing workers want strike, union postpones

September 5, 2008 by Dagpotter · 1 Comment
Filed under: Boeing, Contract Awards, Department of Defense, GAO, Military Aviation, Proposal, Protest, U.S. Air Force, commercial aviation, logistics, production program 

Update - The machinists started their strike last night. While some work could be done, no aircraft assembly is possible. This will delay the 787 further, and have a negative impact on their bid for the KC-45.

See a The New York Times story here.

The Boeing machinists voted to strike effective Wednesday night, but the leaders of the Union have given Boeing 48 more hours to come to an agreement. The strike will start tonight if no deal is reached. The leadership decision was controversial and not well received by the members who had voted overwhelmingly to strike. Any extended strike, as Sikorsky illustrated in 2006, will be very disruptive to the delivery schedules for all Boeing problems. It is especially key now as Boeing is expected to turn in their new proposal for the KC-45 soon.

See the St Louis Business Journal for some more information.

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