Boeing - machinists talks fail

what is it for an HR ..? a lots...even after offering a changed compensation over a period of 3 years the strike still goes on. Boeing is loosing 100 million everyday

who is to loose .?
is it the workers since boeing may now resort to severe measures ?
but getting substitute for 27000 workers isnt easy even if they try to outsource
is it the management ...that they would have to increase the benefits and in future again this problem?
is it the customers...who hve paid up a part and hose revenues would be hit?

before we start to find solutions we shd analyse why this happened...boeing has a history of troubled IR .
much has been talked in newspapers abt their HR policies and that they were not that people oriented .
what they could have done is try and build an atmosphere of employee engagement .
If salary was an issue then they should have tried to benchmarked against the industry standard

if the benefits were not appropriate according to the rising inflation they could have adjusted the same in the CCT and presented it to the striking employees.

another solution would have been a proactive management than a reactive one. when the issue surfaced they should have tried to address it then and there rather than letting it blow up into a mass scale strike
Union labors have always been tough to fight with if you do not have a strong management
one should always recognize the role of HR in such situations .
This particular incident help us acknowlegd the fact that in todays competitive world one disgruntled employee can influence others and force teh whole system to come to a standstill
And this is where HR comes in !