(The Center Square) – Nearly a month after 33,000 Boeing machinists went on strike, the president of the local union thinks the aerospace company can afford to meet members' demands.
“What they can’t afford to do is keep the workers that drive the revenue and drive the profit out on the picket line,” said Jon Holden, IAM District 751 president, told The Center Square on Thursday morning.
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