Boeing engineers and technical workers ratify a four-year contract, removing a strike threat.

Reuters reported that the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, representing about 17,000 Boeing workers, approved the company's revised four-year offer. About 68% of the professional unit and 53% of the technical unit backed the agreement.

Ratification removes the possibility of a strike beginning as early as October 7, after the existing contracts expire. The union said Boeing still needs to rebuild trust and put engineers and technicians back at the center of its work.