""Boeing claimed they listened to their employees - the result of today's vote proves they have not," Brian Bryant, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said in a statement."
""The union's statement is misleading since the vote failed by the slimmest of margins, 51% to 49%," the statement read. "We are turning our focus to executing the next phase of our contingency plan in support of our customers.""
""very few" workers have crossed the picket line. "Our solidarity remains strong, and the company's claim otherwise is wrong," the union said."
About 3,200 machinists at three Midwest Boeing plants in Mascoutah, Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri, and St. Charles, Missouri rejected a company contract offer and continued a strike that began nearly three months earlier. The walkout is smaller than last year's 33,000-worker commercial jet strike but could complicate Boeing's financial recovery. The vote failed narrowly, 51% to 49%. Union leaders rejected the offer as lacking meaningful improvements to retirement benefits and wage increases for senior workers. Boeing characterized the margin as slim, reported some employees want to cross picket lines, and prepared a contingency plan. Negotiations stalled over wages and retirement benefits, with Boeing arguing the demands exceed regional cost-of-living adjustments.
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