Off the Record
Throwing away good jobs at Boeing
Nation's jobless rate climbs ... and 27,000 Boeing machinists will strike at midnight tonight.
The Post-Intelligencer reports: "In addition to an 11 percent wage increase over three years, Machinists would have received a $2,500 bonus if a majority had approved the contact. They also would have received a lump sum of either $2,500 or 6 percent of their annual wage, with overtime. On average, that would have amounted to $3,900, according to Boeing.
"The union was seeking a wage raise of about 13 percent.
"The average annual salary of a Machinist is about $54,000 a year, without overtime, but about 4,000 make less than $30,000 a year, according to the union."
Darn shame Boeing can't hire some laid-off textile or furniture workers from North Carolina.
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