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"This contract gives the workers at Boeing an opportunity to share in the extraordinary success this company has achieved over the past several years," Mark Blondin, the union's aerospace coordinator and chief negotiator, said in a union news release.

"It also recognizes the need to act with foresight to protect the next generation of aerospace jobs. These members helped make Boeing the company it is today, and they have every right to be a part of its future," he said.

The union has said the contract protects more than 5,000 factory jobs, prevents the outsourcing of certain positions and preserves health care benefits. It also promises pay increases over four years rather than three, as outlined in earlier offers.

Associated Press,Machinists Union Ratifies New Contract with Boeing Co., Ending 8-Week Strike, Sunday, November 02, 2008

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"Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.- Leader of the Free World!"

We found on reflection that only the humorless were really offended. -- William F. Buckley, Sept. 16, 1992

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Originally posted by COOL:
Members lost about $7K each in the 8 week strike.

How long will it take them under the new contract to break even?

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"Barack Hussein Obama, Jr.- Leader of the Free World!"

We found on reflection that only the humorless were really offended. -- William F. Buckley, Sept. 16, 1992