SEATTLE (AP) — Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle after union members voted overwhelmingly
A Boeing worker wears a mask with a digital"strike" sign as employees picket after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash.
The strike started at 12:01 a.m. PDT, less than three hours after the local branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers announced 94.6% of voting workers rejected the proposed contract and 96% approved the work stoppage, easily surpassing a two-thirds requirement. The striking machinists assemble the 737 Max, Boeing’s best-selling airliner, along with the 777, or “triple-seven” jet, and the 767 cargo plane at factories in Renton and Everett, Washington. The walkout likely will not stop production of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which are built by nonunion workers in South Carolina.
Boeing responded to the strike announcement by saying it was “ready to get back to the table to reach a new agreement.”
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