Why Boeing Workers Rejected a New Contract: Retirement Benefits

A large majority of more than 33,000 striking union members voted against a contract that included big raises but not the restoration of a frozen pension plan.

Boeing Union Workers Reject Contract

The vote, hours after Boeing reported a $6.1 billion loss, will extend a nearly six-week-long strike at factories where the company makes its best-selling commercial plane.

After Gains at Big Three, U.A.W. Aims at Nonunion Plants

A looming union election at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga could determine the trajectory of union organizing at more than a dozen auto factories.

G.M.’s Contract Deal With U.A.W. Faces Surprisingly Stiff Opposition

Many longstanding General Motors workers have been voting against the tentative accord, which they feel insufficiently improves retirement benefits.

U.A.W. Prepares for Partial Strike Against Detroit Automakers on Friday

The union’s president, Shawn Fain, said negotiators were nowhere near an agreement and ruled out a contract extension while talks continued.