Boeing has secured a 48-hour moratorium to try to fend off a damaging strike by 27,000 assembly workers in Washington, Oregon and Kansas. ┬á The employees, members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, voted Wednesday to reject BoeingÔÇÖs latest pay and benefits package. ┬á┬á Boeing offered its workers an 11 percent pay deal over three years, increasing average pay and benefits by $34,000, but the offer was overwhelmingly rejected.