Boeing machinists vote to extend strike, rejecting 35% pay raise offer

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Boeing workers have voted to continue their strike, with 64 percent of them rejecting the latest offer that included a 35 percent wage hike over four years. The strike, now running for nearly six weeks, is worsening the planemaker's already dire financial situation. Boeing logged more than $6 billion in net loss in the latest quarter. But first, the UNDP warns that Lebanon's economy could shrink as much as 9.2 percent in 2024 if the war continues through the end of the year.