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Boeing Workers Reject Contract Offer, Begin Strike

Boeing Workers Reject Contract Offer, VoteBegin to Strike

Boeing Workers Reject Contract Offer, Begin Strike
Above: Boeing 737 MAX airplanes are pictured outside a Boeing factory on March 25, 2024 in Renton, Washington. Image copyright: Stephen Brashear/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images

The Spin

While a 25% pay raise sounds nice on its face, many of these workers make $20 per hour or less making 25%meaning athe dropproposal inwon't theeven bucketsee them keep up with inflation. Seattle is one of the most expensive places to live in the country, which is why these men and women, who work dangerous factory jobs every day, are rightfully fighting to for a living wage for themselves and their families.

While this vote certainly shows that unions still have some power, that won't last forever as technology replacesthreatens to replace human labor. CorprationsCorporations across the country have had to layoff non-union workers, and even some union workers, due to rising costs. And even beforewithout technologyconsidering takesthe overtechnology human laborfactor, American manufacturing companies are already beginning to shift their factories to Mexico.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance that at least 12.2% of American workers will be represented by a union in 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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