Engineers Union Rejects Four-Year Deal with Boeing

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Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) lost a round in its effort to settle labor issues with its engineers. The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace said that more than nine in 10 of its members who voted on a four-year deal voted no.

The Wall Street Journal reports:

The contract guaranteed wage increases of 2.5% – 3.5% over each of the contract’s four years. But the union says the offer wouldn’t keep pace with inflation, and it reduces medical and retirement benefits. Boeing called the offer “competitive” and “market-leading.”

Boeing still has a little time to come to an agreement. The workers cannot strike until November. Boeing management must remember that a similar fight with unions slowed the production of its troubled 787 Dreamliner.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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Trey has been an editor and author at 24/7 Wall St. for more than a decade, where he has published thousands of articles analyzing corporate earnings, dividend stocks, short interest, insider buying, private equity, and market trends. His comprehensive coverage spans the full spectrum of financial markets, from blue-chip stalwarts to emerging growth companies.

Beyond 24/7 Wall St., Trey has created and edited financial content for Benzinga and AOL's BloggingStocks, contributing additional hundreds of articles to the investment community. He previously oversaw the 24/7 Climate Insights site, managing editorial operations and content strategy, and currently oversees and creates content for My Investing News.

Trey's editorial expertise extends across multiple publishing environments. He served as production editor at Dearborn Financial Publishing and development editor at Kaplan, where he helped shape financial education materials. Earlier in his career, he worked as a writer-producer at SVE. His freelance editing portfolio includes work for prestigious clients such as Sage Publications, Rand McNally, the Institute for Supply Management, the American Library Association, Eggplant Literary Productions, and Spiegel.

Outside of financial journalism, Trey writes fiction and has been an active member of the writing community for years, overseeing a long-running critique group and moderating workshop sessions at regional conventions. He lives with his family in an old house in the Midwest.

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