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Boeing workers vote to reject wage deal, continue strike
By Daniel Catchpole, Allison Lampert and Matt McKnight
SEATTLE (Reuters) -Boeing factory workers voted to reject a contract offer and continue a more than five-week strike on Wednesday, in a blow to investor and management hopes of a resolution to the acrimonious dispute.
The vote was 64% in opposition to the deal, which offered a 35% rise in wages over four years.
The union’s decision to push Boeing for better terms reflects years of resentment from workers who felt cheated by the company in talks a decade ago and deepens a financial crisis.
More than 30,000 machinists downed tools in Boeing’s West Coast factories on Sept. 13, halting production of the best-selling 737 MAX and 767 and 777 wide-body programs.
(Reporting by Daniel Catchpole in Seattle; Additional reporting by Allison Lampert in Montreal and David Shepardson in Washington; Writing by Joe Brock and Peter Henderson; Editing by Jamie Freed)
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