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SEATTLE — Boeing Co. aircraft assembly workers have voted to strike for an unprecedented second time in three years. But their contract has been extended 48 hours at the request of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and a federal mediator.
The vote late Wednesday was 87 percent in favor of a strike as unanimously recommended by machinists union negotiators.
In separate balloting, 80 percent of union members voted to reject Boeing’s third and final three-year contract offer, which included pay raises averaging 11 percent.
The walkout was to begin at 12:01 a.m. PDT today, after the expiration of a contract covering more than 27,000 workers. Now that contract has a short extension.
