Boeing Workers Begin Massive Strike, Production of 737 Max Halted
Boeing workers in Washington state and Oregon went on strike Friday, bringing construction of Boeing’s 737 Max planes to a halt.
Boeing’s stock prices — already battered by a chain of events that began when the door to a Boeing jet blew off in midair — dropped 2.3 percent on Friday, according to Reuters.
The strike is the company’s first since 2008.
Pay was a top issue in the talks. Boeing offered workers a 25 percent pay hike over four years; workers wanted 40 percent.
BREAKING: @Boeing machinists vote to STRIKE, effective immediately. This means 32,000 @IAM751 and W24 members are on the picket lines starting TONIGHT.
