Union sees ‘tight’ vote on contract to end Boeing strike

Union sees ‘tight’ vote on contract to end Boeing strike …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>

Jon Holden, President of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 751, expects a close vote on Boeing’s latest contract offer.
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Union leaders expect a close vote when 3,000 Boeing hourly workers weigh a sweetened contract offer that could end an almost six-week strike, the union’s chief said Tuesday.

“I think it’s going to be a tight vote,” Jon Holden, president of the Seattle-based machinist union told CNBC on the eve of Wednesday’s vote.

“There’s a lot of emotion tied here,” Holden said. “We’ve been able…

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