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The
community leaders, employees' families, and the tax payers want
end the strike. The Boeing is the main industry to maintaining
the global economic. Your profit share has to grow. Many are
already complaining that the IAM strike is hurting their families
and communities. How can the Boeing trust and rely on IAM if
the IAM continue to strike every time new contract is there
regardless the Boeing Company offered the best and the most
compatible labor contract.
The
Boeing may have to consider this situation very seriously for
this case. The Boeing Company should make the urgency call for
out-sourcing in order to meet the customers'
schedule if the strike is continue.
Although
IAM continues not to cooperate with the economic situation and
with the circumstances: IAM is continue to wait: see the following
Strike Update from IAM, dated October 25, 2008 and October 26,
2008. Although, I am is now tentetively agreed on October 27,
2008.
Strike
update - October 25, 2008 Union negotiators continued meeting
with the federal mediators and Company negotiators throughout
Saturday and into the evening with additional talks scheduled
for Sunday. As previously reported, no details of the talks
will be available until this round of talks have concluded.
Strike
Update - October 26, 2008 Contract talks continued late into
the evening Sunday and will resume first thing Monday morning.
No details will be released until this latest round of contract
talks have concluded.
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Update
October 27, 2008 - Machinists in Tentative Deal with Boeing
The
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (IAM) announced today that it reached a tentative
agreement with the Boeing Company on a contract that will
provide job security for its members and limit the amount
of work outside vendors can perform in the workplace.
The
agreement was hammered out over a five-day period with
assistance from federal mediators and participation at
the bargaining table by IAM International President Tom
Buffenbarger and IAM General Vice President Rich Michalski.
Additional resources and technical support was provided
by various departments at IAM headquarters.
Job
security and the use of vendors were key issues in the
strike that began on Sept. 6, 2008. Among the other issues
resolved in the latest round of bargaining were wage rates,
health care benefits for current and future employees,
pension improvements and work rule changes designed to
improve productivity.
Full
details of the 4-year accord will be withheld until they
can be compiled and distributed to IAM members in all
Boeing locations.
The
tentative agreement has the unanimous endorsement of the
IAM negotiating committee and will be presented to members
for a ratification vote, which will take place in 3-5
days. A simple majority is required to ratify the tentative
agreement.
"After
52 days of striking, we have gained important and substantial
improvements over the Company's last, best and final offer
that was rejected on September 3rd. Your solidarity brought
Boeing back to the table and made this Company address
your issues," stated District 751 President Tom Wroblewski.
"Each of you stood up and did your part to win this battle,
which was a fight against more than just Boeing, but against
corporate America. Boeing is profitable because of our
members' hard work and by standing together our members
ensured they receive a bigger share of those profits."
"This
tentative agreement is the result of hard work and great
sacrifice by many people," said IAM Aerospace Coordinator
Mark Blondin. "But no one deserves more credit than the
workers at Boeing, who conducted themselves with dignity
and determination throughout this ordeal. On behalf of
the entire negotiating committee, I want to say it has
been our honor to serve as their representatives.".
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One thing we all should understand what is the customers
requirements. It is strickly by the customer driven contract.
If the customer provide enough money to allocating for
the workers by the market driven. We should be able to
see the job security within the program as long as the
program is sustainining. The procurement must sustaining
then, job security would be appropriate by the customers
requirement. We should be able to make the Product
everyday. Without the product, there are no job security.
When the productivity is grow then, the job will be secure
as long as the Boeing products: "quality
goods and services" are
delivered and continue to making the products. The Job
security should be driven by the customers procurement
"Sustaining".
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We
all are expected to see STOP STRIKE and support
the ECONOMIC CRISIS and GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS !!!!!!!
THAT
MEANS, PLEASE GO BACK TO WORK AND GET PAID FULL PAY BY THE COMPANY:
The Boeing Company that you can increase your production: share
value and benefits.
Here
is one of the good examples that we want to share : see on 787
operations: The circumstance need significant changes needed
due to the strike and if it continues....
The
companies and other labors needs strong back up to support the
customers to meet the customer schedule......
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to see more detail
Photo Credit: FlightBlogger - June 2008. Dreamliner Five,
Six, Seven and Eight at Vought Aircraft Industries in
North Charleston, SC.
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| "In
response to the Boeing IAM strike, we have modified our
operations and reached an agreement with Boeing to minimize
impacts on our operating results, working capital and liquidity,"
said Steve Davis, vice president and general manager, Vought
Commercial Aerostructures Division. "In addition, we have
put in place our contingency plan in response to the Nashville
strike." |
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Vought Aircraft Industries is responsible for the fabrication
of aft fuselage Sections 47 and 48 of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
in North Charleston, SC.
Vought Aircraft Industries is responsible for the fabrication
of aft fuselage Sections 47 and 48 of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
in North Charleston, SC.
In addition, over the next 30 days, Vought will be reviewing
a number of additional contingencies including possible
temporary shut down of the entire North Charleston facility
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"This
is a challenging time for all of us who support the Dreamliner
program," said Joy Romero, vice president and general
manager, 787 Program. "Since the beginning of the Boeing
strike, we've been looking at ways to mitigate
potential employee job loss in North Charleston,
including the initial reduction of outside
contract labor. We plan to work
with our employees to identify temporary redeployment
opportunities at other Vought locations, where
possible."
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The
strike will cost Boeing about $100 million in revenue per day
and knock about 1 cent per day off earnings
per share, Longer strike will employees' share value
will go down and reducing own values and even reducing the other
benefits as well due to the production issues,
according to Wall Street analysts. The walk-out by the IAM is
the fourth at Boeing in 20 years. The union struck for 48 days
in 1989, 69 days in 1995 and 28 days in 2005. In 2002, a contract
was adopted by default, as it was rejected by workers but fewer
than two-thirds approved a strike. As we all know about this,
Regardless the economic crisis and minus profit for 2008 Boeing's
earning, the Boeing offered the BEST AND FINAL
Boeing's "best and final" contract offer this time around
was delivered to union members 46 days ago, proposing an 11
percent wage increase over the three-year life of the contract,
a one-time lump sum and ratification bonus.
You
will be able to see the detailed benefits via the company online
calculator suggests that health care accounts for about 12 percent
of that total, and pensions 6 percent.
IAM, October 22nd, 2008, stated
that "Despite the turmoil and financial
conditions of Wall Street, Boeing remains highly profitable
with a record $349 billion backlog (up 7%). "
Boeing
and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (IAM) agreed late Monday to return to the bargaining
table Oct. 23 under the auspices of federal mediators to resolve
a strike that will be in its 47th day by then.
BACK
LOG DOES NOT CALCULATES THE PROFIT UNTIL YOU HAVE THE PRODUCTION
AND DELIVER THE AIRPLANES.
Many
community leaders believe that the IAM is not being fair to
the Boeing Company. KC-X tanker contract has been canceled until
the next year's budget. The economic is very bad, unemployment
rates are growing however, the Boeing Company has offered the
most and best labor contract. The jobless people want to have
job at Boeing.
We
the communities and tax payers want the
strike to be ended as soon as possible and support the economic
to recover.
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THE Boeing stock market down more
than 35 per share since April, 2008
Yet, The Boeing BEST AND FINAL OFFER WAS OFFERED 11 PERCENT
INCREASED SINCE LAST CONTRACT
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The Boeing stock market had big drops and big down more than
30 shares from 78 since. The economic is bad
and analysts are not optimistic yet: credit and bank loan crises
include global inflation, we all should consider families, communities
and country and global market to recover.
Look
around the situation what's look like the economy.
IAM also understand the situation that the Boeing would had
more manufacturing job opening for more than 50 state: “Awarding
this contract to Boeing would preserve a key a manufacturing
sector and provide real economic stimulus for Boeing workers,
vendors and communities in at least 30 U.S. states,” said IAM
President Tom Buffenbarger."
This
is not the time to asking for impossible stuff to asking.
It is time to support the families, communities, country and
suppliers and partners, and the Boeing customers who are loyal
to the Boeing Company regardless the economic down turn. Be
thankful you have a job at Boeing, the best company in the World.
The
2008 Pay & Benefits Profile update is available via
online Total Access.
Revised
October 28, 2008, Revised October
27, 2008, Revised
October 26, 2008,Rev
4, October 25, 2008, Rev 3, October 24th,
2008. Rev
2, October 22nd, Rev
1. October 9th, 2008
ON
BEHALF OF COMMUNITIES AND ALL ....
Sandra
Englund, Community Leader, Community Advocator
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