A Boeing AOG mechanic pickets outside the company’s Renton factory.
“I’m running out of savings,” says Danny, a 36-year veteran of Boeing who builds 737 MAX passenger jets. He said his wife had a pacemaker installed before his Boeing health benefits lapsed on September 30, costing $1,800 out of pocket; she’s now applying for government medical assistance, he says, but he worries about her health.
Danny is among the striking machinists picketing at the entrance to Boeing’s Seattle Delivery Center. Fueled by coffee and doughnuts, warmed by a constellation of roadside burn barrels, and armed with an array of signs, the machinists are nearing 50 days on
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