30,000 US factory workers walk out, disrupting 737 Max production
Striking workers with picket signs gather outside the Boeing commercial jet factory in Renton, Washington, just north of Seattle, early Friday morning.
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30,000 US factory workers walk out, disrupting 737 Max production
Striking workers with picket signs gather outside the Boeing commercial jet factory in Renton, Washington, just north of Seattle, early Friday morning. (Photo: Bloomberg)
SEATTLE – Boeing factory workers on the US west coast walked off the job on Friday after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract deal, halting production of the planemaker’s strongest-selling jet and sending its shares down over 2%.
The first strike since 2008 comes as the company is under heavy scrutiny from US regulators and customers after…