Boeing
and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District Lodge 751 and District W24 are set to resume talks on October 8, with the union saying that the previous day’s talks had led nowhere.
Talks resume with Boeing
In a strike update on October 7, IAM 751 said that while the union, Boeing, and the United States
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS) had resumed talks on that day, there “was no meaningful movement to report.”
“We will be back at it tomorrow, continuing to push the critical issues you’ve told us matter most. We remain focused on fighting for the priorities of the membership.”
The union shared that other labor unions have donated to IAM District 751, namely the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
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Collectively, the two collectives donated $20,000 to the IAM 751 Hardship Fund, with Boeing’s machinists expressing gratitude to Sara Nelson, the President of AFA, for joining their picket line.

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Reclaiming what had been taken from Boeing’s machinists
Meanwhile, the latest issue of Aero Mechanic, the official paper of IAM 751, reminisced about the strike that began on September 13, when IAM 751 and IAM W24 rejected the tentative agreement (TA) and voted to strike.
“It was a day of reckoning, a day to stand together and reclaim what had been taken from us.”
Remembering the first day of the strike, Jon Holden, the president of IAM 751, said that while the negotiation committee fulfilled its duties, the union presented the best TA it could get at the time.
On September 8, Boeing and the two IAM lodges presented the TA to the over 33,000 machinists in Washington, Oregon, and California. Four days later, after a vote, the machinists rejected and initiated a strike that would begin a minute after midnight on September 13.
“We would not have been able to present a 25% wage increase, the next airplane program, added retirement security, the reduction in health care costs, or one set of progression in a career – all of which came together in the last few hours of bargaining.”
Photo: IAM District Lodge 751
Holden also once again addressed the public contract offer that Boeing presented on September 23, which the company called its “best and final offer,” with a general wage increase (GWI) of 30%, as well as other benefits.
The union’s president reiterated that Boeing’s move was disrespectful. While the company set a ratification deadline of September 27, IAM 751 and W24 ultimately did not vote on Boeing’s TA, with Holden saying that the union “respected the voice of the membership.”
As a result, the Boeing machinists’ strike has been going on for 26 days. Whether the latest day of negotiations will be fruitful remains to be seen, as both parties are suffering the toll of the labor action.
In an update on October 6, IAM 751 thanked local businesses for providing various temporary jobs to its striking members, adding that Boeing’s machinists finding temporary work sent a message to the company’s leadership that the union was “in this for the long haul.”

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Few deliveries
Ch-aviation data showed that Boeing had delivered seven aircraft between September 13 and October 8: five Boeing 737 MAX
(four 737 MAX 8 and one 737 MAX 9) and two 787-10
s.
All five 737 MAX aircraft had their first flight before the strike, but only one, a 737 MAX 9 delivered to Alaska Airlines
and registered as N723AL, flew for the first time in September.
The other four had their first flights in August or, in the case of N17356, a United Airlines
737 MAX 8, its first-ever take-off was registered on June 12.
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Boeing delivered the pair of 787-10s from its non-unionized site in North Charleston, South Carolina, with Korean Air
and Singapore Airlines
taking delivery of their aircraft on September 30 and September 24, respectively.

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