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| Workers at US aviation giant Boeing have voted to go on strike in a dispute over pay and benefits, but any walkout has been delayed for two days. | |
| The strike - voted for by 87% of assembly workers - was due to start on Thursday, after staff rejected Boeing's new contract offer. | |
| Yet the strike has been postponed for 48 hours after Boeing agreed to extend the outgoing contract by two days. | |
| Boeing staff have turned down an 11% pay deal over three years. | |
| Deal brokering | |
| The contract extension came at the request of Washington State governor Chris Gregoire, who is working to try to broker a deal. | |
| Unions and management have disagreed over basic pay, health benefits, pension increases and cost of living adjustments. | |
| The firm's "best and final" proposal includes average pay and benefits of $34,000 (£12,000), said the firm. | |
| If Boeing fails to come up with a new proposal within two days then the strike will go ahead, said lead machinists' negotiator Mark Blondin. | |
| A strike could mean further delays to Boeing's forthcoming Dreamliner 787 plane. | |
| The new mid-sized plane's maiden flight will take place later this year, about 15 months behind its original schedule. | |
| The first delivery of the Dreamliner is due in the second half of 2009. |