Boeing workers go on strike for first time in 16 years

A MAJOR STRIKE AT BOEING HAS NOW BEGUN — THE FIRST STRIKE AT THE COMPANY IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS. 

BOEING MACHINISTS HAVE REJECTED A TENTATIVE CONTRACT DEAL — 

SETTING UP A STRIKE OVERNIGHT AS A RESULT. 

AHEAD OF THE UNION’S VOTE — WORKERS RALLIED OUTSIDE ENCOURAGING “NO DEAL” WITH BOEING. 

CHASE SPARKMAN, BOEING WORKER 

I’m expecting my union brothers and sisters to stand shoulder to shoulder, you know, arm in arm and let our company know that, hey, we deserve more. We are doing the job that is required of us and we need to be compensated fairly for doing so.”  

ADAM VOGEL, BOEING WORKER 

“It’s unfair. The whole contract’s unfair. They’re taking too much away from us without giving us anything. 25% raise is a load of crap. 

33 THOUSAND WORKERS HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO WALK OFF THE JOB AS OF EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 

“UNION AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY WORKERS” STOOD IN LINE THURSDAY TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS ON THE TENTATIVE  DEAL — 

WHICH OVERWHELMINGLY FAILED WITH 95 PERCENT OF WORKERS UNHAPPY WITH IT. 

THE CONTRACT INCLUDED A 25 PERCENT WAGE BUMP OVER FOUR YEARS. 

THE WORKERS STRIKE IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLIGHT DISRUPTIONS — BUT IT WILL VIRTUALLY STOP COMMERCIAL AIRPLANE PRODUCTION AT ONE OF THE NATION’S BIGGEST MANUFACTURING GIANTS. 

BOEING HAS 150 THOUSAND EMPLOYEES AND ESTIMATES ITS OWN ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE U.S. ECONOMY AT 79 BILLION DOLLARS — SUPPORTING 1.6 MILLION JOBS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY. 

BOTH THE UNION AND BOEING RELEASED STATEMENTS SAYING THEY ARE EAGER TO GET BACK TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE TO REACH A NEW DEAL.

WE ARE 53 DAYS AWAY FROM ELECTION DAY — 

AND THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS RED HOT. 

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HELD A CAMPAIGN RALLY IN NORTH CAROLINA ON THURSDAY. 

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOOK TO ARIZONA. 

IT WAS THURSDAY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WE GOT OUR ANSWER ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD SEE ANOTHER DEBATE BETWEEN TRUMP AND HARRIS. 

TRUMP SAYING HE WON THE DEBATE AND THERE WOULD BE NO THIRD DEBATE AFTER HE’S ALREADY SHARED THE STAGE WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN IN JUNE AND HARRIS THIS WEEK. 

MEANWHILE HARRIS SAYING AT HER CAMPAIGN EVENT — SHE STILL WANTS ANOTHER DEBATE WITH TRUMP BEFORE ELECTION DAY. 

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS 

“I believe we ought to have another debate. We owe it to the voters.” 

FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 

“She immediately called for a second debate, which means that she was like a prizefighter that lost the fight.  

“So, because we’ve done two debates and because they were successful, there will be no third debate.” 

SPEAKING IN ARIZONA — TRUMP ALSO UNVEILED A NEW PROPOSAL TO END TAXES ON OVERTIME PAY IF HE WINS A SECOND TERM. 

HARRIS’ CAMPAIGN RESPONDED SAYING IF TRUMP WINS — FEWER WORKERS WOULD RECEIVE OVERTIME. 

TODAY YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE HARRIS CAMPAIGNING IN PENNSYLVANIA AND TRUMP WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE A RALLY IN LAS VEGAS.

A JUDGE HAS THROWN OUT THREE CHARGES IN THE GEORGIA 20-20 ELECTION SUBVERSION CASE — INCLUDING TWO CHARGES FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FACES. 

THE DECISION HAS *NOT* YET BEEN FORMALLY APPLIED TO TRUMP BECAUSE *HIS* CASE HAS BEEN PAUSED PENDING APPEALS OVER WHETHER FULTON DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI WILLIS CAN STAY ON THE CASE FOLLOWING MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS. 

THE JUDGE THREW OUT ONE ONE COUNT AGAINST TRUMP OF CONSPIRING TO FILE FALSE DOCUMENTS… AND A *SEPARATE* COUNT OF FILING FALSE DOCUMENTS — RELATED TO FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF VOTER FRAUD THAT WERE INCLUDED IN ONE OF TRUMP’S LAWSUITS IN DECEMBER 20-20 TRYING TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION RESULTS. 

HOWEVER, IN A SEPARATE RULING, THE JUDGE UPHELD THE MAIN RACKETEERING CHARGE IN THE CASE — WHICH TRUMP IS ALSO FACING. 

THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS GETTING READY TO FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE IRANIAN HACK TARGETING THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN — ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE REPORTS. 

IT’S NOT YET CLEAR EXACTLY WHEN FORMAL CHARGES WILL BE ANNOUNCES OR *WHO* THEY’LL TARGET… BUT THEY’LL STEM FROM AN F-B-I INVESTIGATION INTO IRANIAN EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE THE 20-24 ELECTION. 

IN AUGUST — THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAID IT HAD BEEN HACKED AND IRANIAN ACTORS HAD STOLEN AND DISTRIBUTED SENSITIVE INTERNAL DOCUMENTS. 

AT LEAST THREE NATIONAL NEWS OUTLETS WERE LEAKED CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL FROM INSIDE THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, BUT THEY HAVE NOT REVEALED WHAT EXACTLY THEY GOT.

FOR THE FIRST TIME — NORTH KOREA HAS RELEASED IMAGES OF ITS URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY THAT PRODUCES FUEL FOR NUCLEAR BOMBS. 

DESPITE NORTH KOREA’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM BEING BANNED UNDER MULTIPLE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS — THE COUNTRY IS STILL BELIEVED TO HAVE SEVERAL SITES FOR ENRICHING URANIUM. 

IN NEW PHOTOS — THE COUNTRY’S LEADER, KIM JONG UN, WAS SHOWN TOURING THE FACILITY AND CALLED FOR MORE WEAPONS-GRADE MATERIAL TO BOOST NORTH KOREA’S ARSENAL FOR QUOTE “SELF-DEFENSE AND THE CAPABILITY FOR A PREEMPTIVE ATTACK” AGAINST THE U-S AND ITS ALLIES.

FINALLY THIS MORNING – SINGER JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE WILL BE MAKING AN APPEARANCE TODAY – NOT AT A CONCERT VENUE – BUT IN A COURTROOM. 

THE 10-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER IS EXPECTED TO PLEAD GUILTY IN A NEW YORK COURTROOM – FOLLOWING HIS ARREST IN THE HAMPTONS IN JUNE WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. 

REPORTS SAY TIMBERLAKE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO A LESSER OFFENSE OF “DRIVING WHILE ABILITY IMPAIRED” – 

THAT IS A TRAFFIC VIOLATION THAT CARRIES A 300 TO 500 DOLLAR FINE AND A 90-DAY  LICENSE SUSPENSION. 

TIMBERLAKE’S LICENSE WAS ALREADY SUSPENDED FOR A YEAR IN NEW YORK IN A HEARING LAST MONTH. 

TIMBERLAKE HAD ORIGINALLY PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THE DWI CHARGE – TELLING POLICE HE HAD ONE MARTINI THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT. 

DESPITE THE ARREST – THE FORMER NSYNC MEMBER CONTINUES ON WITH HIS LATEST WORLD TOUR – WHERE HIS NEXT STOP WILL BE IN NEW JERSEY ON SEPTEMBER 28TH.