Why 32,000 Boeing Workers Are Striking

NEW: Greedy CEOs crashed Boeing — and workers are speaking out.

They took us inside the airplane company's failures, including how executives eliminated safety inspections, sent away engineers, and forced suppliers to cut corners.

Now, 32,000 unionized Boeing workers are trying to save air travel.

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[gordonmills]

So to sum up, Boeing - a company that makes airplanes that carry millions of people through the air every year - is engaging in "extreme cost-cutting, " ignoring the advice of long-term professionals who assemble the airplanes, cuts quality and safety inspections, and is trying to pay the people who build these aircraft the absolute bare minimum possible by law.

Usually I don't pay much attention to the "equipment" part of booking a flight. Now, I'll pay a little more if it will keep me off a Boeing product.

[CM-smpk]

$33, 000, 000 for a CEO who puts profits over safety. That guy needs to walk away without any golden parachute. He lied through his teeth at the Senate Subcommittee Hearing. His apology to the families of the people he killed is insincere. Greedy little ...

[andrewinaustintx]

What rubbed me the wrong way when viewing the video is - Dave Calhoun walks away with a $24 million payout - worth up to $45 million more - while workers have had their traditional pension benefits gutted and people flying on Boeing planes have died all in the name of boosting stock prices.

[virginiamoss]

My brother was an aviation mechanic/pilot until he retired. He worked for several companies both large and small. It was always the same hurry-up-cut-corners pressures. He lost two jobs for refusing to sign off on his work that was not complete and safe. Most of his co-workers just gave in to preserve their jobs. No matter how fast they worked, no one could do a good job enough to please the bean counters. That includes the past 6 decades. This is nothing new; it's just gotten so much worse.

[dvdv]

Fraud should amount to CRIMINAL CHARGES, not a SLAP ON THE WRIST, which is often then considered to be "the cost of doing business".

[WillowEtain]

CEO culture needs to be addressed. None of them are “earning” those salaries.

[dvdv]

“This country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

Still as true as ever today.

[JulianaBondtsG]

I'm 54 and my wife and I are VERY worried about our future, gas and food prices rising daily. We have had our savings dwindle with the cost of living into the stratosphere, and we are finding it impossible to replace them. We can get by, but can't seem to get ahead. My condolences to anyone retiring in this crisis, 30 years nonstop just for a crooked system to take all you worked for...

[bjdefilippo]

When the engineers, tech folks, and quality control are all telling you there's a problem or leaving, but execs aren't listening, you need major change.

[derrickmendoza]

Could’ve sworn I saw a video saying the CEO of Boeing got a pay increase of like 45% in a single year. But the real workers pay stay stagnant. Sounds backwards to me imo

[Sythemn]

The leadership of this company is 100% guilty of reckless endangerment and should be punished accordingly....

[chorlauheung]

Fire Calhoun now and take away any compensation package from him!!!!

[Craxin]

Remember when corporations made their money by providing a quality good or a useful service and not stock options? Greed destroys everything.

[jimikrakorn]

Worked Spirit seven years. Scary corner cutting, inadequate training, out of touch management.

[ThePlayerOfGames]

Aircraft manufacturers who's priorities are not safety, quality, and improvement are liabilities to everyone no matter whether they fly or not

[PhilippBlum]

It's really sad when the workers demand quality products.
A lot has to go wrong in a company to get that far.

[terratorment]

I feel like there should be some kind of penalty for Boeing committing first degree murder on two whistleblowers

[funstuffonthenet]

What makes this union protest so different about past protests is that they arent just conplaining about wages, benefits and vacation.

They also want the company to make safe planes and address their engineering and QA issues

[mellinghedd]

Not a single good thing has ever come from putting businesspeople in charge of aerospace firms.

[cweefy]

I too work for a company who's main concern is making shareholders happy first. Extremely frustrating.