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Boeing CEO’s Effort to Rebuild Planemaker Suffers Strike Setback
- Some 64% of striking workers rejected 35% pay increase
- Strike has set back Boeing’s recovery from multiple crises
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Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg’s quest to stabilize the struggling US planemaker suffered a stinging setback after factory workers rejected a new labor contract that would have increased their wages by 35% over four years.
Some 64% of the union members who cast ballots on Wednesday voted against the tentative agreement, according to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district representing the 33,000 striking workers.