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Boeing Machinists on Strike

Action shuts down plane production

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(Newser) – Some 27,000 Boeing machinists launched a strike early this morning after failing to reach an agreement with the company on a new contract, reports Reuters. A boisterous crowd of more than 100 workers gathered near the entrance of Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington, whistling, honking and waving picket signs as the strike started. The action followed two days of fruitless emergency talks with a federal mediator after the union rejected Boeing's latest offer.

Boeing said it would keep its plants open, but its massive assembly lines and plane production will stop. The strike could cost the company about $100 million in revenue a day. No further talks are planned. Machinists earn about $65,000 a year with overtime. They're seeking a 13% wage hike over three years and a rollback of provisions that allow Boeing to outsource work.

Picketers, including Nathan Hoppe, 14, holding the American Flag, pose in front of the Machinists Union Hall outside Boeing's Everett, Wash., airplane assembly facility today.
Picketers, including Nathan Hoppe, 14, holding the American Flag, pose in front of the Machinists Union Hall outside Boeing's Everett, Wash., airplane assembly facility today.   (AP Photo/Clint Karlsen)
Boeing machinist Steve Morrison, 42, of Marysville, Wash., pickets outside Boeing's airplane assembly facility in Everett today.
Boeing machinist Steve Morrison, 42, of Marysville, Wash., pickets outside Boeing's airplane assembly facility in Everett today.   (AP Photo/Clint Karlsen)
Boeing structures mechanicThomas Prettyman, 27, pickets outside Boeing's Everett, Wash., airplane assembly facility today after talks with a federal mediator failed to produce a contract agreement.
Boeing structures mechanicThomas Prettyman, 27, pickets outside Boeing's Everett, Wash., airplane assembly facility today after talks with a federal mediator failed to produce a contract agreement.   (AP Photo/Clint Karlsen)
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