Boeing shows why squeezing workers is reckless

When Covid-19 brought the US economy to a standstill in the spring of 2020, America’s top executives called for a “national conversation” about the need for workers to return to work, warning of an “economic catastrophe” if they didn’t. I wrote at the time that a conversation we also needed to have was one about giving workers the security of a living wage. 

So, when I read the news that Boeing’s machinists approved a new labour contract on Nov 4,

locking in a hike of nearly 44 per cent over four years,

it was clear to me that the deal they struck was inevitable.