“Even if they tried to get ahead of it by virtue of their current production, that will be measured in weeks not in months, so we’re supporting them in every way possible to get to a constructive answer,” he said. In May, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said it would be difficult to make contingency plans for a strike at Spirit. The union said it would regroup and begin planning “the following steps to bring the company back to the table.”īoeing said it continued to monitor the situation and support Spirit.Īirbus, while not commenting on the work stoppage itself, said it conducted regular assessments with suppliers to mitigate potential risks to production.
Most of our members have concluded that the company’s offer is unacceptable,” IAM said in a statement. “The IAM’s dedicated and hardworking membership at Spirit AeroSystems has worked without fail during tumultuous times, including a pandemic that saw everything grind to a halt. We look forward to continued meetings with IAM leadership.”Īlthough IAM and Spirit reached a tentative contract agreement last week, workers voted to reject the deal and strike. “Despite this setback, we are not distracted from the task at hand. “We are disappointed that our employees represented by the IAM rejected our four-year contract offer and voted to strike,” Spirit said. Spirit will suspend factory production prior to the expiration of its contract with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) on June 24 but will continue to pay employees, it said. But after more than a decade of cost pressure on the aerospace industry, “labor feels like they have some power.”
“I think the general feeling is that (Spirit) had it under control with what appeared to be an reasonable agreement,” he said. “It’s not a welcome development,” said Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst with AeroDynamic Advisories.
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