Boeing faces potential strike as workers reject contract in landslide vote

Thousands of Boeing factory workers in the United States overwhelmingly voted on Thursday to strike, spurning a contract that the embattled aviation giant characterized as a boon for manufacturing staff given the company's stressed financial condition. Hourly workers in the Seattle region rejected the contract with a vote of 94.6 percent and to strike with 96 percent, said Jon Holden, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751.


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