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Boeing workers reject contract, extend strike: union

Boeing workers in the Seattle region decisively rejected the company’s latest contract offer on Wednesday, extending the nearly six-week strike.Almost two-thirds (64 percent) of the members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 rejected the contract, the union said on X. The latest Boeing offer had included a 35 percent wage hike, …

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Pakistan aims to privatize flag carrier in November: Finance Minister

Pakistan is hoping to finalize both the delayed privatization of its flag carrier and the outsourcing of Islamabad’s international airport in November, the country’s finance minister said Wednesday.Muhammad Aurangzeb, who took office earlier this year, spoke to AFP at the World Bank’s headquarters in Washington, where he is attending the annual meetings of the International …

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