Boeing's factory workers on the US West Coast voted on Thursday to go on strike for better pay, bringing production of the company's best-selling jet to a halt as it grapples with persistent output delays and rising debt.
The workers' first strike since 2008 is set to commence at midnight Pacific time on Friday. This development comes just weeks after Kelly Ortberg was appointed as the new CEO in August, with the aim of restoring confidence in the planemaker following an incident in January where a door panel came off a nearly new 737 MAX jet mid-flight.
