Boeing faces threat of potential massive strike, union members vote on contract [Video]

NEW YORK –

Little has gone right for Boeing over the last five years. By this time tomorrow, the troubled company could add another mess to its growing list of problems: A massive strike by 33,000 of its workers that could stop airplane production at America’s largest exporter and deal a blow to the U.S. economy.

Boeing faces a crucial union vote tonight that could send workers walking off the job at a parts center in Oregon and two airplane factories and a fabricating plant in the Seattle area. The strike may take place even though the workers’ union and the company have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract to avoid a walk-out.

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Among other benefits increases, the contract would increase union members’ pay by last least 25 per cent over four years. Union leadership, in …