Arts & Life Seattle Art Museum guards strike for better pay and benefits Unionized security guards at Seattle Art Museum are striking this week after failing to secure a contract. Monica Nickelsburg
Business As strike ends, layoffs begin at Boeing Boeing began notifying employees of layoffs Wednesday as it seeks to reduce its roughly 170,000-strong workforce by 10%. Monica Nickelsburg
Business Machinists union endorses latest Boeing offer with higher pay but no pension Union leaders from IAM District 751 urged over 33,000 striking Boeing machinists to accept the latest contract deal from Boeing on Thursday afternoon. This latest offer includes a higher wage increase and ratification bonus - but no reinstated pension benefit retirement plan. Casey Martin
Business Boeing offers machinists new contract sparking tentative agreement to end strike Boeing and the union representing striking machinists have negotiated a new contract proposal that would provide bigger pay raises and bonuses in a bid to end a costly walkout that has crippled production of airplanes for more than a month. Associated Press
Business Boeing withdraws contract offer after talks with striking workers break down Boeing has withdrawn a contract offer that would have given striking workers 30% raises over four years after talks broke down. Associated Press
Business Striking Boeing workers in Washington state say they’re in it for the long haul This week Boeing presented what it called its “best and final” offer to the 33,000 machinists who have been on strike for nearly two weeks. The union representing the workers rebuffed the proposal, displeased with its details and how Boeing presented it. Analysts say the union has the upper-hand in negotiations going forward. Casey Martin
Business Boeing to begin furloughs, leadership takes a pay cut, as machinist strike continues As Boeing's machinists continue to strike, furloughs and pay reductions are in store for the rest of the company. Dyer Oxley
Business Boeing workers having trouble making ends meet amid strike Unionized Boeing employees say they’re facing serious economic hardship as they wait on a new contract with the aerospace giant. Casey Martin
Business Unified and determined, Boeing workers take to the picket line in Washington state Tens of thousands of unionized Boeing workers showed up to airplane plants Friday not to work, but to call for better pay and benefits. For the first time since 2008, Boeing workers are on strike. Casey Martin
