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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Sep 18, 2024, 08:27 PM Wednesday

Boeing to furlough thousands of workers

EVERETT — As a strike by the Boeing Machinists union entered its sixth day, temporary furloughs have begun for thousands of U.S.-based Boeing executives, managers and employees, the aerospace giant announced Wednesday.

“While this is a tough decision that impacts everybody, it is in an effort to preserve our long-term future and help us navigate through this very difficult time,” Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg wrote in a message to employeess.

As part of the announced furloughs, selected employees will take one week of furlough every four weeks on a rolling basis for the duration of the strike.

Ortberg said he and Boeing leadership team would take a “commensurate pay reduction” during the strike.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/boeing-to-furlough-thousands-of-workers/

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Boeing to furlough thousands of workers (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday OP
So, this is one of those strikes where the nonunion employees House of Roberts Wednesday #1

House of Roberts

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1. So, this is one of those strikes where the nonunion employees
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 08:37 PM
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don't have the skill sets to temporarily replace the union workers on the assembly line. I mean, the last thing Boeing can afford is a gray area between something the scabs built, and what the qualified, trained workers completed, after the strike.

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