Boeing factory workers are voting whether to strike and shut down aircraft production [Video]

Boeing is preparing to learn Thursday whether 33,000 aircraft assembly workers, most of them in the Seattle area, are going on strike and shutting down production of the company’s best-selling planes.Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers plan to vote on whether to approve a contract offer that includes 25% pay raises over four years. If the factory workers reject the contract and two-thirds of them vote to strike, a work stoppage would begin Friday at 12:01 a.m. PDT.A walkout would not cause flight cancellations or directly affect airline passengers, but it would be another blow to Boeing’s reputation and finances in a year marked by problems in its airplane, defense and space operations.New CEO Kelly Ortberg made a last-ditch effort to avert a strike, telling machinists Wednesday that “no one wins” in a walkout.“For Boeing, it is no secret that our business is in a difficult …