Boeing Workers Strike over “Garbage Contract”

For the first Boeing strike in 16 years, 33,000 workers walked out on the job at 12:01 am Friday morning.by Hannah Murphy WinterEarly this morning, at 12:01 am, Boeing’s 33,000 machinists in Washington walked off the job. 
Boeing and union leaders reached a tentative agreement last weekend, and they encouraged members to vote yes to avoid a strike. But yesterday evening, after a robust “vote no” campaign, union members voted by an overwhelming majority—96%—to s