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Will Boeing reach an agreement with the Machinists Union before Wednesday?

Settled as No

Talks were broken off and no agreement was reached by Wednesday

Background:

About 27,000 workers including Electricians, Mechanics, Painters and other hourly workers walked off the job on Sept. 6th after rejecting a contract offer over concerns of job security, pay, health care and retirement benefits.

On Wednesday, Oct. 8, both sides agreed to go back to the bargaining table with a federal mediator.

Question runs through 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, but suspends at 9 AM Tuesday


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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Settled

Yes
11%
No
89%
Activity: H$53,927
Settled as No on Sat 18th Oct 4:46am PDT

Suspend date: Tue 14th Oct 6am PDT Settlement date: Sat 18th Oct 4:46am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 14th Oct 6am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Thu 9th Oct 6:22am PDT by mork[Power User]
Changed Suspend date Thu 9th Oct 12:37pm PDT by bayoubear[Admin]: was: "2008-10-14 23:59:00"
Suspended Tue 14th Oct 6am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Wed 15th Oct 5:30am PDT by rbrog77: I couldn't find anything about this
Settlement requested Fri 17th Oct 9:12am PDT by elly: There is no reports about agreement reached before Wednesday. Actually, there is no such reports three days after that final date.

Please settle as 'no'.
Settlement requested Fri 17th Oct 10:02am PDT by rbrog77: I couldn't find where they did
Settled as 'No' Sat 18th Oct 4:46am PDT by bayoubear[Admin]: Talks were broken off and no agreement was reached by Wednesday

Suspend date: Tue 14th Oct 6am PDT Settlement date: Sat 18th Oct 4:46am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 14th Oct 6am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (59)

59 predictions

7 weeks ago
mrperfkt[Admin] predicted Yes (H$500 at 10%)
7 weeks ago
leopard69 predicted No (H$20 at 91%)
7 weeks ago
boothy1 predicted No (H$633 at 91%)
7 weeks ago
biloxibeachboy predicted No (H$20 at 85%)
7 weeks ago
fourgrays predicted No (H$56 at 85%)
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Comments (2)

  1 mork[Power User]
Negotiations between Boeing, Machinists collapse
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/383153_boeingstrike14.html
posted 7 weeks ago
  2 elly
Boeing and the Machinists union broke off contract talks over how the company plans to automate delivery of airplane parts inside the factories, negotiators said Wednesday.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008267513_boeing15.html
posted 6 weeks ago

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