Boeing production workers last went on strike 16 years ago. But the “Fighting Machinists” still know how to do it.
Three weeks into industrial action sparked by a dispute over pay and benefits, a well-oiled system sustains picket lines outside the Washington state plants where many of the manufacturer’s aircraft are normally built.
At the union hall in Seattle, workers split logs to feed the burn barrels that keep picketers warm at night, while debit cards are distributed that allow them to pick up weekly strike pay of $250, funded by the union. Twelve miles away in Renton, strikers can help themselves to sandwiches, clam chowder and chilli, while a food bank is stocked with canned soup and boxes of macaroni and cheese.
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