Airbus faces a 10-day strike from UK workers, mirroring Boeing’s labor strife
Thousands of UK union Airbus workers plan to strike for 10 days in September amid a contract dispute.
The union workers build wings for Airbus’ commercial jets, threatening a production slowdown for the European plane maker.
As Airbus’ labor tension builds, rival Boeing’s has already boiled over: earlier this month, more than 3,000 Boeing workers who build military aircraft started a strike that remains ongoing. The action came less than a year after the company faced a two-month stoppage from a machinist strike.
Airbus, for now, says it doesn’t see the strikes affecting full-year deliveries.
As Airbus’ labor tension builds, rival Boeing’s has already boiled over: earlier this month, more than 3,000 Boeing workers who build military aircraft started a strike that remains ongoing. The action came less than a year after the company faced a two-month stoppage from a machinist strike.
Airbus, for now, says it doesn’t see the strikes affecting full-year deliveries.
