International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

Eep Bolaño listens as IAM District 751 president Jon Holden announces that the union voted to accept a new contract offer from Boeing, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, at their union hall in Seattle.

Boeing workers in the Seattle region have decisively rejected the U.S. aerospace giant's latest contract offer, extending their nearly six-week strike.

Almost 64 percent of the members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 rejected the contract, the union said on X.

Boeing workers in the Seattle region voted 96 percent in favor of a strike last Thursday night, halting production of the company’s best-selling airplane at a time when Boeing is facing chronic production delays and mounting debts.

Union members react as Aerospace Machinists District 751 President Jon Holden (out of frame) announces that union members rejected a proposed Boeing contract and will go on strike, following voting results at their union hall in Seattle, Washington, on Sept. 12, 2024.

Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin on June 18, a union said, joining a growing push across U.S. retail, service and tech industries to organize for greater workplace protections.