SEATTLE — Boeing factory workers held a large rally in Seattle on Tuesday to demand a better wage deal, mounting pressure on new CEO Kelly Ortberg to end a bitter strike that has plunged the planemaker further into financial crisis.
“We’re not afraid of them.”A strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Seattle on Tuesday.
U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal, whose district includes downtown Seattle, addressed the cheering crowd on Tuesday, criticizing Boeing and calling on Ortberg to end the strike.
“Let’s make Seattle Boeing town again!”‘NO PENSION, NO WRENCHING’IAM members have been holding smaller picket lines in front of Boeing sites throughout the strike.
A Boeing spokesperson said on Monday the planned job cuts included both union and non-union workers, but striking IAM employees were not currently affected.
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