Crazy Guggenheim
08-29-2008, 04:00 PM
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The International Association of Machinists (IAM) leadership will recommend rejection of the Boeing contract offer on Wednesday, leaving the company perilously close to a potentially damaging strike.
"It's official," said Mark Blondin, IAM national aerospace coordinator. "We are recommending to reject the contract and to vote to strike."
In an interview, Blondin cited a list of reasons for rejecting the offer, including the lack of job security commitments, increases in medical plan costs, smaller pay increases for those low on the wage ladder, and pay and pension increases that didn't meet expectations.
The union has also filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the company of violating labor law by "going around the union and trying to bargain directly with our members," Blondin said.
Union members will vote Wednesday and a strike could start at midnight after the vote count if two thirds of the voters take the union leadership's advice.
The International Association of Machinists (IAM) leadership will recommend rejection of the Boeing contract offer on Wednesday, leaving the company perilously close to a potentially damaging strike.
"It's official," said Mark Blondin, IAM national aerospace coordinator. "We are recommending to reject the contract and to vote to strike."
In an interview, Blondin cited a list of reasons for rejecting the offer, including the lack of job security commitments, increases in medical plan costs, smaller pay increases for those low on the wage ladder, and pay and pension increases that didn't meet expectations.
The union has also filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the company of violating labor law by "going around the union and trying to bargain directly with our members," Blondin said.
Union members will vote Wednesday and a strike could start at midnight after the vote count if two thirds of the voters take the union leadership's advice.