Troubled Boeing seeks to avoid fresh nightmare with 25% raises amid strike threat
IndependentAUG 2024
While a 25% pay raise sounds nice on its face, many of these workers make $20 per hour or less — meaning the proposal won't even see 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 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 threatens to replace human labor. Corporations across the country have had to layoff non-union workers, and even some union workers, due to rising costs. And even without considering the technology factor, American manufacturing companies are already beginning to shift their factories to Mexico.
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.