So much for working together. |
The goal of your union is that you do not take a step back in your standard of living when you go into your retirement years. |
the smallest percentage increase in the history of the pension plan. |
The union is a democratic organization. Our members felt they could not strike the Boeing Co. at this time. As you know, Boeing used scare tactics. |
They did the heavy lifting and sent the company a strong message. |
They had their way with our members in 2002. |
They have to take that offer off the table, |
They wanted us to turn our backs on our brothers and sisters in Wichita, ... They wanted us to sell out future hires. |
They wanted us to turn our backs on our brothers and sisters in Wichita. They wanted us to sell out future hires. |
They won themselves a pretty good contract offer. The members said 'no' and stood up. ... Eighty-six percent sends a message. |
They're trying to get our members to sell each other out. That's not going to happen. We're dug in. |
They've got our proposal. They know our position. Hopefully now they'll take it seriously. |
This strike did not have to occur. We made our top issues clear months ago and simply asked Boeing to do the right thing for their work force. |
We are going to shut down their operations, and if he would do the math he would come back to the table, |
We came up with a contract that hits on all the issues, ... It is now up to our members. It will be in their hands on Thursday. |