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In the last few years, when he’s walked the factory floors at aerospace parts makers, consultant Cliff Collier has noticed something new: large numbers of…

Thousands of the plane maker’s most experienced assembly workers exited during the pandemic. New hires aren’t getting enough training, Boeing veterans say.

Boeing Co.executives have spent the past month grappling with the aftermath of a near-catastrophe on an airborne 737 Max jet. As the US planemaker works through its latest crisis tied to manufacturing lapses, a new risk looms: a labor rift 10 years in the making.

Boeing is facing potential labor unrest as its largest union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, seeks a 40% pay raise over three or four years. The union, still aggrieved over a 2014 deal, has the upper hand due to a resurgent US labor movement and a scarcity of qualified aerospace workers. A strike could disrupt Boeing's plants in Washington and Oregon, impacting production of its 737 jets. Analysts suggest the current environment favors the union's demands, potentially risking a prolonged work stoppage and affecting Boeing's financial outlook.

Fed-up Boeing workers are prepared to strike for a pay raise