Boeing strike: 'My $28-an-hour pay isn't enough to get by'

BBC News speaks to Boeing workers on the picket line about why they feel they have no choice but to strike.

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The employees are now in their second week of striking with no sign of any deal with Boeing management on the horizon.

We asked workers on the picket line outside a Boeing factory in Auburn, Washington, why they feel they have no choice but to strike.

Many of the strikers the BBC spoke to cited the loss of their bonuses and pensions, as well as inflation and the cost of living, as their reasons for walking out.

Davon Smith, 37, earns under $28 (£21) an hour attaching the wings to Boeing 777X planes, which sell for over $400m (£300m) each. He also works as a security guard at a bar to make ends meet.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm24l46ye4go

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