Boeing Co. and the workers who assemble its planes are bracing for a strike as the machinists' union told members to reject the company's latest contract offer on Wednesday. The 18,500 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) covered by the Boeing contract are set to vote on the latest offer on Thursday, hours before the current contract expires.
See "Boeing, Machinists Brace for Strike", Reuters, The New York Times, August 30, 2005