Boeing CEO: time for planemaker to ‘focus on rebuilding the business’
2:29 pm Friday, November 01st, 2024
(Reuters) – Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg urged 33,000 striking workers on Friday to vote to accept a new four-year contract deal that includes a 38% pay hike that would end a seven-week work stoppage.
“It’s time we all come back together and focus on rebuilding the business and delivering the world’s best airplanes. There are a lot of people depending on us,” Ortberg said in an email to workers.
The improved contract offer includes a 38% pay rise over four years, up from a prior 35% hike. Workers are set to vote on Monday.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
