Cessna machinists have to accept new contract
Fifty-eight percent of Cessna Aircraft’s union workers voted to reject a contract offer by the Wichita-based OEM but ended up returning to work rather than

Fifty-eight percent of Cessna Aircraft’s union workers voted to reject a contract offer by the Wichita-based OEM but ended up returning to work rather than hit the picket line.

After the majority of union workers rejected the proposed contract on September 18, members were asked to vote whether to strike. The strike vote failed to win a two-thirds majority, so the contract offering was accepted by default. In a town where close to 15,000 aerospace workers have been laid off in the past 18 months, 49 percent of the 2,400 union members at Cessna voted to strike.