Workers at the top end of the new pay scale would have been making more than $69 an hour by 2028. Total raises over four years could have ranged from $14,000 to $35,000 a year, based on experience and job classification, with an average gain of about $23,000.
Wage increases would have raised Boeing’s labor costs by roughly $1.4 billion annually by the end of the contract, according to Wall Street estimates.
This is the second deal workers voted on. A tentative agreement raising wages by about 25% was overwhelmingly voted down on Sept. 12.
With the strike ongoing, it’s back to the negotiating table. Wage increases of 40% or 45% may be required to settle the strike. Predictions after two no-votes aren’t much help, though.
感覺波音工人的工作沒有多高啊！比起去做水管工好像遠遠不如。這份工作可是牽扯到大家坐飛機安全的，作為乘客，你是希望公司高管們高興呢，還是飛機組裝工人們高興呢，還是股東們高興呢？製造業在美國的前途可能取決於AI機器人的全麵使用，可能還需要10-20年。現在波音工廠的工人們，麵對一份可能朝不保夕的工作，對大家的安全出行這麽重要，40%的加薪聽起來相對比例很高，絕對幅度沒有那麽離譜。工人分的多了，高管們也不想少分，分到股東們頭上還有多少？
