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The labor standoff — the first strike by Boeing machinists since an eight-week walkout in 2008 — is the latest setback in a volatile year for the aerospace giant.
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David Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
The labor standoff — the first strike by Boeing machinists since an eight-week walkout in 2008 — was the latest setback in a volatile year for the aerospace giant.
—David Koenig, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Not a single plane has been worked on at the company’s production facility in Everett, Washington, since the union members walked off the job, triggering the first strike at the company in 16 years.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
During another exceptionally tense moment, in 1983, the Soviet Union mobilized forces after mistakenly assessing a NATO military exercise as Western preparation for a nuclear first strike.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
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David Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
The labor standoff — the first strike by Boeing machinists since an eight-week walkout in 2008 — was the latest setback in a volatile year for the aerospace giant.
—David Koenig, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
Not a single plane has been worked on at the company’s production facility in Everett, Washington, since the union members walked off the job, triggering the first strike at the company in 16 years.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
During another exceptionally tense moment, in 1983, the Soviet Union mobilized forces after mistakenly assessing a NATO military exercise as Western preparation for a nuclear first strike.
—Erik Lin-Greenberg, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2024
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“First strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20strike. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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