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Boeing Machinists End Strike

Union members ratify pact; work to resume after 8 weeks

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 1, 2008 11:07 PM CDT

(AP) – The Boeing strike is over. Machinists in three states overwhelmingly ratified a union contract to end an eight-week strike that cut the airplane maker's profits and stalled jetliner deliveries. The union says the contract protects more than 5,000 factory jobs, prevents the outsourcing of certain positions, and preserves health care benefits. It also promises a 15% pay raise over four years.

Boeing Machinist union member Dianna Loggins of Kent, Wash., count ballots after the union voted.
Boeing Machinist union member Dianna Loggins of Kent, Wash., count ballots after the union voted.   (STEPHEN BRASHEAR)
Boeing Machinists union member Jim Kakuschke of Federal Way, Wash., tallies the ballots.
Boeing Machinists union member Jim Kakuschke of Federal Way, Wash., tallies the ballots.   (STEPHEN BRASHEAR)
Volunteer Wilson Ferguson of Tacoma, Wash., looks for a union member's eligibility card before giving out a ballot.
Volunteer Wilson Ferguson of Tacoma, Wash., looks for a union member's eligibility card before giving out a ballot.   (STEPHEN BRASHEAR)
A union volunteer hands out a ballot to a union member in Seattle Saturday.
A union volunteer hands out a ballot to a union member in Seattle Saturday.   (STEPHEN BRASHEAR)
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