Boeing Factory Workers Vote To Reject Contract And Continue 6-Week Strike
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Boeing factory workers have voted to reject the company’s latest contract offer and to continue a six-week strike.
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing factory workers voted Wednesday to reject the company’s latest contract offer and to continue a six-week strike that has halted production of the aerospace giant’s bestselling jetliners.
Local union leaders in Seattle said the proposal fell short of the majority of support needed from members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers who cast ballots on Wednesday.
The offer included pay raises of 35% over four years. The version that union members rejected when they voted to strike last month featured a 25% increase over four years.
The union, which initially demanded 40% pay boosts over three years, said the annual raises in the revised offer would total 39.8%, when compounded.
Boeing workers told Associated Press reporters that a sticking point was the company’s refusal to restore a traditional pension plan that was axed a decade ago.