Union Leader Says Striking Boeing Workers in for ‘Long Haul’ After Pay Talks Collapse

A strike sign hangs from a post near a Boeing sign as Boeing factory workers and supporters gather on a picket line during the third day of a strike near the entrance to a Boeing production facility in Renton, Wash., on Sept. 15, 2024. David Ryder/Reuters

WASHINGTON—The lead negotiator for a Boeing union representing about 33,000 workers who have been on strike for nearly a month said on Wednesday that members were prepared to wait out the planemaker, after pay talks collapsed a day earlier.

“We’re in this for the long haul and our members understand that,” Jon Holden said in an interview with Reuters.