Boeing machinists voted overwhelmingly Thursday to accept a contract that boosts pensions and preserves medical benefits, ending a costly monthlong strike for the aerospace firm. The union, which represents 18,400 Boeing workers in Washington, Oregon and Kansas, started back to work late Thursday after the votes were tallied. The contract contained no wage increases, although workers would receive an 8% percent signing bonus.
See "Union Workers OK Pact With Boeing", Evelyn Iritani, Los Angeles Times, September 29, 2005