ST. LOUIS — St. Louis-area Boeing workers on Friday signed off on a plan that could put an end to the seven-week strike hitting the company's local facilities.

Workers approved a proposal — this time written by their own union — that would provide increased pay and benefits compared to what the Boeing Co. has previously offered roughly 3,200 members of the local machinists' union.

The pre-ratified contract now moves to Boeing for consideration. If Boeing rejects the union's offer, workers will continue to strike.

The union called on Boeing to accept the offer and end the strike.

“Our members stood up with courage and voted for a fair, responsible pathway to end this strike,” Brian Bryant, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said in a statemen

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