Boeing’s strike is over. Its problems are not.
After nearly two months on strike, some 33,000 Boeing employees will return to work over the next week. But getting the troubled manufacturer back on track will take a lot longer. Even before the strike began on Sept. 13, Boeing faced challenges, including a quality crisis, mounting debt and supply chain chaos. The Monday vote by union members to accept a contract and end the strike will put the focus back on how the company and its new CE, Kelly Ortberg, plan to address those festering problems. “Resolution of the strike was low-hanging fruit,” Jonathan Root, a senior vice president for Moody’s Ratings, said in a statement on Tuesday. Story features a look at some of the items at the top of Ortberg’s to-do list.<br/>
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Boeing’s strike is over. Its problems are not.
After nearly two months on strike, some 33,000 Boeing employees will return to work over the next week. But getting the troubled manufacturer back on track will take a lot longer. Even before the strike began on Sept. 13, Boeing faced challenges, including a quality crisis, mounting debt and supply chain chaos. The Monday vote by union members to accept a contract and end the strike will put the focus back on how the company and its new CE, Kelly Ortberg, plan to address those festering problems. “Resolution of the strike was low-hanging fruit,” Jonathan Root, a senior vice president for Moody’s Ratings, said in a statement on Tuesday. Story features a look at some of the items at the top of Ortberg’s to-do list.<br/>
