Boeing machinists approve contract, bringing an end to a bruising seven-week strike

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Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty Images Striking machinists at Boeing picket outside the company’s Renton Production Facility in Washington. Some 33,000 workers walked off the job in September demanding higher pay and better retirement benefits. Union members voted down two previous contract offers from Boeing ahead of Monday’s vote to accept the new proposal from the company.

Unionized workers in Boeing’s commercial operations walked off the job almost two months ago, prompting company-wide furloughs and layoffs of 10% of its workforce. Boeing employees in St. Louis have felt some of those cuts. The aerospace giant employs around 17,000 people in the region at facilities that support its defense division.

SEATTLE — Boeing machinists voted to approve a contract offer on Monday, closing the book on a bruising strike that lasted more than 53 days.

The agreement, which had the backing of the union’s leadership, was approved by 59% of members who voted…

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