Production has been halted at aircraft carrier Boeing after the company's machinists went on strike Friday. The strike affects about 18,400 Machinists in the Seattle area, Wichita, Kan., and Gresham, Ore. The Machinists, who assemble Boeing's commercial airplanes and some key components, voted overwhelmingly Thursday to strike, rejecting a three-year contract proposal their leaders called "insulting."
See "Boeing Machinists Walk Out on Strike", Associated Press, The New York Times, September 1, 2005