Health care was today's focus, revealing a stark contrast in our approaches to caring for the workforce. While your Union continues to prioritize our Member and retiree mandates of lowering out-of-pocket costs, the company continues its goal of increasing costs. We continue to pass language back and forth without reaching an agreement on major issues.
When Members dedicate their career to the company and the aerospace industry, they should not have to worry about escalating costs in their healthcare plan for them and their families.
For many items in this part of the contract, it's about equity. We also should have short-term and long-term disability plans equal to all other Boeing employees at the company. Many of our jobs are physically demanding and take a toll on us over time, and our Members deserve to protect their finances while out on medical leave - to focus on healing in order to get back to work. The company should recognize this and provide our Members the same benefits as other employees.
We also focused on the latest wage proposal, which fell far short of our Member's expectations. After being stagnated for the last ten years, our Members have earned and deserve to receive industry-leading increases. We need to see significant movement on GWIs from the company for all our Members.
Our Members deserve better, and we will continue to push the company on your behalf.
Stay strong, stay united, and we will prevail.
In Unity,
Your IAM District 751 and District W24 Negotiating Committee
The dollar had an average inflation rate of 4.23% per year between 2019 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 23.03%. This means that today's prices are 1.23 times as high as average prices since 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index.