Boeing factory workers voted on Wednesday to reject the aircraft maker’s latest offer and stay on the picket line, dealing a blow to the new chief executive’s plan to stabilise the business.
Among members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 who voted, 64 per cent voted against the latest deal. Management had increased a pay raise offer to 35 per cent over four years and improved proposals on retirement benefits.
The union’s 33,000 members in Washington state have been on strike for nearly six weeks. The vote pushes back the date that Boeing can recommence making most of its commercial jets and begin repairing its finances. “The strike continues,” the union said.