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Boeing announced Tuesday that the company has withdrawn its contract offer to striking machinists union workers as it considers “next steps.”

Boeing has cut health care coverage for 33,000 of its workers and their families as machinist strikes continue to halt production in the Pacific Northwest.

Striking machinists and aerospace workers declined to vote on Boeing’s final contract offer hours after news broke about the proposal.

Boeing has made what the company is calling its “best and final offer” for a renewed contract to 33,000 striking machinists and aerospace workers on Monday.

IAM President Brian Bryant calls furlough announcement by upper management ‘smoke and mirrors.’

Boeing has notified employees of a hiring freeze and is considering furloughs in the coming weeks as experts predict significant cash loss for the company.

Air Canada and the union representing more than 5,200 pilots announced Saturday night they have reached a tentative agreement.

Pilots at Canada’s largest airline could walk off the job next month, after overwhelmingly voting in favor of giving their union a strike mandate.

Canada’s second-largest airline is cancelling approximately 40 flights to prevent aircraft, passengers and crew from being stranded.

Several flight attendant unions and U.S. airlines are currently in the negotiating process as they look to ink new collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).