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Boeing employees vote to decline wage deal, continue strike

Boeing factory employees voted to turn down a contract offer and continue a more than fiveweek strike on Wednesday, in a blow to financier and management hopes of a resolution to the acrimonious disagreement.

The vote was 64% in opposition to the deal, which provided a. 35% rise in incomes over 4 years.

Union leaders said they were all set to right away resume. negotiations with Boeing on the first brand-new contract because 2014,. when the company utilized the threat of moving production of the brand-new. variation of the 777 out of the region to push through an offer that. ended standard pensions.

After 10 years of sacrifices, we still have ground to make. up, and we're hopeful to do so by resuming settlements. quickly, leaders of the International Association of. Machinists and Aerospace Workers stated in a declaration after votes. were tallied.

More than 30,000 machinists downed tools in Boeing's West. Coast factories on Sept. 13, stopping production of the. best-selling 737 MAX and 767 and 777 wide-body programs.

Many discuss social networks and from employees outside. voting stations had actually cast doubt on an offer.

As of right now, I think we have the upper hand on Boeing,. said Manuel Munoz, a 20-year-old mechanic, before the results. were announced.

Reuters spoke to 20 striking factory employees in the Seattle. area either before or after they cast tallies. 3 stated they. would accept the deal, 14 said they would turn down the proposition. and 3 were undecided.

Lots of workers are still upset about the last deal signed a. decade earlier.

We're going to get what we desire this time. We have much better. legs to stand on this time than Boeing, said Donovan Evans, 30,. who works in the 767 jet factory outside Seattle. Evans, who. stated he does not anticipate the pension to come back, voted to decline. the deal and is holding out for a 40% raise.

(source: Reuters)