In a fresh headache for the embattled planemaker, workers at Boeing‘s U.S. West Coast factory voted to strike for higher pay, halting production of the planemaker’s strongest-selling jet
This adds to a long list of woes for Boeing which is currently wrestling with chronic output delays and mounting debt. New CEO Kelly Ortberg was brought on in August to restore faith in the planemaker after a door panel blew off a near-new 737 MAX jet in mid-air in January.
This planned strike will be the first since 2008 and will start at midnight Pacific time on Friday. U.S. West Coast factory workers walked off the job early on Friday after 96% voted in favor of a strike.
Approximately 30,000 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) members who produce Boeing’s 737 MAX and other jets in the Seattle and Portland areas voted in favour of a strike.
