Boeing factory workers strike for first time since 2008 after overwhelmingly rejecting contract
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Boeing factory workers strike for first time since 2008 after overwhelmingly rejecting contract

Boeing’s factory workers walked off the job after midnight on Friday, halting production of the company’s bestselling airplanes after staff overwhelmingly rejected a new labor contract. It’s a costly development for the manufacturer that has struggled to ramp up production and restore its reputation following safety crises. Workers in the Seattle area and in Oregon voted 94.6% against a tentative agreement that Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and...