You're reading Route Fifty's State and Local Roundup. Subscribe here to get this update in your inbox every Saturday. More than 30,000 Boeing machinists have been on strike for nearly six weeks. On Wednesday, union members rejected a second contract by a two-thirds margin. Now, it looks like the strike will go on a while longer. The sticking point? A defined-benefit pension plan, which Boeing suspended a decade ago in favor of defined-contribution, or 401(k), retirement plans.