Boeing
Statement on IAM Contract Vote
SEATTLE, Sept. 04, 2008 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] issued the following
statement about Wednesday's contract vote by the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, covering nearly
27,000 employees mainly in Washington, Oregon and Kansas:
"We
offered employees the best package of pay and benefits in the
aerospace industry," said Doug Kight, Boeing vice president
of Human Resources. "We are disappointed with the vote on the
contract offer."
"The Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service has asked both
parties to meet at a neutral location this week to explore whether
an agreement can be reached. Boeing has agreed to participate
in this process in an effort to seek a resolution that is in
the best interest of employees, our customers and our company.
The IAM has agreed not to conduct a work stoppage for 48 hours
during the mediation period, and all employees are expected
to be at work Thursday and Friday while these talks take place."
Details of Boeing's contract offer to the IAM are available
at http://www.boeing.com/2008negotiations/pdf/bafosummary.pdf
Source: Boeing
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According
to the Boeing Employees who has been working so many years in
Boeing, they addressed that they are satisfied with the Boeing's
best and final offer for a new contract. They are concerned
that new Boeing IAM employees may not fully understand the Boeing's
world aerospace leading pay and benefit coverage's compare to
other company. Also only think narrow minded without thinking
of global market level. One of the Boeing (IAM) employees, Ms.
K expressed that they need to understand the global market brings
their job security and stable. She thought that outsourcing
is what they are concerned.
Another
Boeing employee, Mr. P. expressed that he was satisfied with
Boeing's new contract. Even if the KC-767 tanker deal is still
in working situation, Boeing still offered the best and final
offer for IAM new contract. He was pleased that the Boeing is
working hard on KC-767 re-bid for the Air Force tanker deal.
The DOD called for a recompetition after the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) urged the Air Force to reexamine 10 of 15 significant
issues in Boeing's protest of the contract award. Among the
sustained issues, the GAO concluded that fuel costs needed reevaluation.
The report stated that "even a small increase in the amount
of fuel that is burned per hour by a particular aircraft would
have a dramatic impact on the overall fuel costs." The Air Force
is now preparing a new RFP for an expedited competition.
A
draft of the revised RFP was provided to the contractors on
6 August 2008 for comments. By mid-august the revised RFP is
to be finalized. Proposals are due in October 2008 and selection
is planned to be done by the end of the year. Senator Patty
Murray and Washington State Officials and other states officials
are working hard on KC-767 Tanker deal due to
the tax payers include Boeing IAM are pushing hard to
support for their job security. This contract will be a key
to keeping more jobs in Washington State, and many other states
in United States include many global partners and suppliers
around the world.
On
6 October 2004, the United States requested consultations with
the the Governments of Germany, France, the United Kingdom,
and Spain (the “member States”), and with the European Communities
(“EC”) concerning measures affecting trade in large civil aircraft.
“launch
aid” The subsidies in question include those relating to the
entire family of Airbus products (A300 through the A380).
The Panel expected to complete its work in 2007. On 14 December
2007, the Chairman of the Panel informed the DSB that due to
the substantive and procedural complexities involved in this
dispute, it now expected to complete its work in 2008.
Hopefully
the IAM will understand what is going through with the contract
re-bid for KC-767 Tanker deal, and EU subsidies to handle all
of these complication to blends with their benefits.
The
outcome would be when the workers go on strike, Boeing faces
the risk of having to delay 787 Dreamliner airplanes in addition,
and many other production will be delay. That means Boeing Employees'
incentive pay will be going down and so on, etc..
It
sure make sense that Doug Kight, Boeing vice president of Human
Resources said that "We offered employees the best package of
pay and benefits in the aerospace industry," He is disappointed
with the vote on the contract offer. Also The communities and
many community leaders are disapointed.
Some says that IAM workers know better than that... "the
economic situation, and the world is going through now with
many disastraus in many places...."
When
you compare with other company and the situation going on now,
the Boeing IAM should know better that they have the best pay
and best benefit compare to the other companies and compare
with the current situation what the Boeing is going through....
Some
of the Boeing IAM employees expressed that they better appreciate
what they have and they should feel lucky that they are working
in Boeing.
Reported
by catch4all.com, Sandra Englund September 5th, 2008 Rev.
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Communities — Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft
