Politicians join striking Boeing workers at union headquarters

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Boeing factory workers held a large rally in Seattle on Tuesday (October 15) to demand a better wage deal, mounting pressure on new CEO Kelly Ortberg to end a bitter strike that has plunged the planemaker further into financial crisis. - REUTERS

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00:00One day stronger, one day longer, one day stronger.

00:04Yes, that's what it's all about.

00:06When you feel tired, when you feel like you can't go on,

00:10when you feel like those bills are piling up.

00:12Management should be able to see the faces of the men and women

00:17in this room who deliver the production of those planes

00:21and deliver a fair wage.

00:25I am proud, proud of the 33,000 machinists

00:29who are on strike right now, because you deserve respect,

00:33you deserve dignity, you deserve a fair contract,

00:36fair wages, health care, benefits, and pensions.

00:44I'm here for a decent pay, you know, for all of us,

00:47not just, you know, new and upcoming.

00:49I'm a new generation, so I want what the older people want,

00:53and just a decent pay.

00:54Like they say, everything's going up in the world,

00:56and Seattle's one of the most expensive states to live in.

01:00But just a good-living pay raise,

01:03and not too much, but just a decent pay.

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