By Alwyn Scott
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Machinists at a Triumph Group Inc factory that supplies parts for Boeing, Airbus and other aircraft makers voted on Monday to strike after rejecting the company's latest labor contract, the union said.
The union said 93 percent of union members voted to strike and 94 percent rejected the contract. The decision means more than 400 machinists intend to walk off the job early Wednesday at Triumph Composite Systems in Spokane, Washington.
The factory makes thousands of floor panels, aircraft air ducts and other aircraft components a month, parts used in jetliners and business jets, giving the strike potential to affect production at major plane makers, industry experts said.
Members of the International Association of Machinists had sought to regain pension benefits and terminate a two-tier pay scale that were part of the current contract, but said those changes were not included in the company's latest offer.
(Reporting by Alwyn Scott; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)