A mediation committee from the United States Federal Government said on Friday that the leaders of the Boeing company and the rep.
resentatives of the labor unions will return to the negotiating table early next week.
This happened after the union of the Boeing company announced a strike on Friday. The strike was a result of the company’s new contract extension which the workers were not satisfied with.
The Mediation and Conciliation Agency of the Federal Government said in a statement issued yesterday afternoon that it called the parties together after talking to them individually.
More than 30,000 members of the IAM union, which manufactures Boeing’s 737 MAX planes and others, have overwhelmingly rejected the first overtime contract. presented by the company for 16 years.
These employees work at Boeing’s facilities in Seattle and Portland in the United States ,vowed to fight for a living wage increase.
