PHOTOS: Boeing factory workers strike for first time since 2008
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Boeing workers strike outside Everett plant 9-13-24. Boeing workers in Everett walk the picket line after rejection the company's proposed contract on Thursday. (KIRO 7 News)
Boeing workers strike outside Everett plant 9-13-24. Boeing workers in Everett walk the picket line after rejection the company's proposed contract on Thursday. (KIRO 7 News)
Boeing workers strike outside Everett plant 9-13-24. Boeing workers in Everett walk the picket line after rejection the company's proposed contract on Thursday. (KIRO 7 News)
Boeing workers strike outside Everett plant 9-13-24. Boeing workers in Everett walk the picket line after rejection the company's proposed contract on Thursday. (KIRO 7 News)
Boeing workers strike outside Everett plant 9-13-24. Boeing workers in Everett walk the picket line after rejection the company's proposed contract on Thursday. (KIRO 7 News)
Boeing workers strike outside Everett plant 9-13-24. Boeing workers in Everett walk the picket line after rejection the company's proposed contract on Thursday. (KIRO 7 News)
Boeing workers strike outside Everett plant 9-13-24. Boeing workers in Everett walk the picket line after rejection the company's proposed contract on Thursday. (KIRO 7 News)
Boeing workers strike outside Everett plant 9-13-24. Boeing workers in Everett walk the picket line after rejection the company's proposed contract on Thursday. (KIRO 7 News)
Boeing workers strike outside Everett plant 9-13-24. Boeing workers in Everett walk the picket line after rejection the company's proposed contract on Thursday. (KIRO 7 News)
Boeing Strike Boeing employee Dianna Vu, 20, a grade 6 mechanic, holds a picket sign with coworkers after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Boeing Strike A sign sits just outside the property line for Boeing's Renton factory as a security guard stands behind a fence as Boeing workers picket after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Boeing Strike Signs and firewood sit in front of a Boeing sign as employees picket after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Boeing Strike Boeing employee Ritz Amador, 40, who works as a customer coordinator, wears a "Make Boeing Great Again" cap while picketing after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Boeing Strike A driver holds a sign out their window as they drive by Boeing workers picketing after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Boeing Labor Contract Boeing workers wave at a car honking in support while they picket after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Boeing Strike Solomon Hammond, 33, left, and John Olson, 45, right, both toolmakers at Boeing's Renton factory, hold picket signs after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Boeing Labor Contract A Boeing worker wears a mask while holding a "happy strike day" sign after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Boeing Labor Contract Boeing workers picket after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)
Boeing Labor Contract A Boeing worker wears a mask with a digital "strike" sign as employees picket after union members voted overwhelmingly to reject a contract offer and go on strike Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, outside the company's factory in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) (Lindsey Wasson/AP)