In today’s news and commentary, workers at Boeing reject the company’s third contract proposal; NLRB Acting General Counsel William Cohen plans to sue New York over the state’s trigger bill; and Air Canada flight attendants reject a tentative contract.

Workers at Boeing manufacturing facilities in Illinois and Missouri rejected the company’s third contract proposal on Friday. The workers, represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837, went on strike after rejecting the company’s second contract proposal on August 4th. As Ajayan covered earlier this week, the new deal included a signing bonus and a 45% average wage increase. However, 57% of workers rejected the contract in part due to the company’s “slow” progressive pay scale and an inadequate pension plan. Following the rejection, Boeing St. Louis Vice President of Air Dominance Dan Gillian remarked that the company would continue to hire permanent replacement workers. The facilities in question manufacture the F-15 and F/A-18 fighter jets in fulfillment of Boeing’s contracts with the US Air Force and Navy.

NLRB Acting General Counsel William Cohen announced on Thursday that the agency is preparing to file a lawsuit challenging New York’s “NLRB trigger bill.” Cohen indicated that his office will likely file suit next week as it seeks to prevent a “direct attack on the ‘core jurisdiction’ of the NLRB.” The bill, signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul on September 5th,...

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