Shuttle workers vote to strike & video

[Omaha Steve]

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/06/04/shuttle.strike.ap/

Shuttle workers vote to strike
POSTED: 1414 GMT (2214 HKT), June 4, 2007

MELBOURNE, Florida (AP) -- A union representing 570 space shuttle program workers at the Kennedy Space Center voted to strike, less than a week before the planned launch of the shuttle Atlantis.

The International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers, which represents the United Space Alliance employees, rejected the company's contract offer Saturday morning, Florida Today reported.


Atlantis will launch June 8 on a mission to deliver a new pair of solar arrays to the space station.

United Space Alliance spokeswoman Tracy Yates said the union could strike as early as June 10, two days after NASA officials plan to launch Atlantis.

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