The Boeing standoff with its machinists union continues due to an inadequate offer from the aircraft manufacturer in the face of ardent union demands.

As local unionized Boeing machinists embark on the third week of the strike, we thought we’d take a second to understand how we got here, and what the machinists hope for moving forward. In this saga we have exploding planes,

Like workers everywhere, Boeing machinists are fighting for decent wages and benefits in the face of the sky-high cost of living. The workers are demanding a 40 percent wage increase, which is the bare minimum they need given the ground they have lost in past sell-out contracts from the bosses,