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Workers at Boeing score huge new contract after strike
IAM District 751 president Jon Holden greets union members after announcing they voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing, November 4, 2024, at their union hall in Seattle

WORKERS at Boeing scored a huge success today after they voted to accept a new contract offer.

The vote brings to an end a strike that has lasted more than seven weeks.

Leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district in Seattle said that 59 per cent of members who cast ballots agreed to approve the company’s fourth formal offer and the third put to a vote. 

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