Some 33,000 union members walk off the job at factories in Seattle and Portland after rejecting pay offer.
Boeing workers on the West Coast of the United States have voted overwhelmingly to strike in the latest blow to the beleaguered aircraft giant.
Some 33,000 machinists at the company’s factories in Seattle and Portland, Oregon on Thursday voted to walk off the job from midnight after rejecting management’s latest offer for better pay and conditions.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said that 94.6 percent of its members voted to reject the contract and 96 percent backed a strike.
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