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3,200 Boeing workers strike at three Midwest plants over pay and benefits.

Union says 57% voted against Boeing’s latest five-year contract proposal.

Boeing threatens to hire permanent replacement workers while no talks are scheduled.

Strike affects Defense, Space & Security division, which generates over one-third of company revenue.

Another contract proposal has been rejected by Boeing workers who now have been on strike for nearly six weeks from three Midwest plants where military aircraft and weapons are developed.

The vote on Friday refusing the latest proposal sends the workers back to the picket lines, according to the union representing the 3,200 striking workers who build fighter jets , weapons systems and the U.S. Navy’s first carrier-based unmanned airc

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