The IAM has called for the rejection of a contract offer by aircraft maker Boeing to workers at its St. Louis military aircraft operation that provided for a 5 percent raise, far below the current 9.1 percent annual rate.
The workers, members of International Association of Machinists, voted by a near-unanimous 98 percent to reject a tentative agreement between the company and the union on February 17.
joe, i think joe has done one heck of a job, my special envoy on ports, working this issue with all the stakeholders for the past several weeks. i also want to thank you to coat port directors. in the mayors of los angeles and long beach for their long beach. their leadership. private company stepping up. i want to thank labor. willie adams of the longshoreman union, the teamsters, rail unions from the brotherhood of railroad signalmen. the association of machinists. sheet metal, air and rail, transportation workers union, known as smart. i want to be clear, it s an across-the-board commitment going to 24/7.
market. steel workers in portsmouth, virginia, and firefighters in columbus, ibw workers and iron workers and nurses and grocery store workers in cincinnati, plumbers and gas fitters in maryland, aft teachers in virginia. by the way, of course, i sleep with a member every night, same one. [ applause ] jill had her first day of full-time teaching yesterday this year, back to school. look, i ve talked with union transit workers, machinists, laborers and welders in wisconsin. we ve had teamsters here in the white house. the teamsters always have my back. last week i met with the first responders in new orleans. on monday i dropped by some of the ibw linemen in delaware