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Although its order books are full of planes to build for eager customers around the world, The Boeing Co. was shutting down its jetliner production in the Puget Sound area as its biggest union hit the picket lines early Saturday morning.

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· Photos from the picket line

It is the fourth strike in two decades against Boeing by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, arguably the most powerful manufacturing union left in the U.S.

Some 25,000 Machinists in the Puget Sound area struck at 12:01 a.m. Saturday after Boeing and the union could not make a breakthrough on contract talks that had been extended for 48 hours in hopes of averting a strike.

The walkout will halt Boeing's jetliner production and further delay the 787, possibly pushing the Dreamliner's first flight into next year. And it will likely cost Boeing about $2.8 billion in lost revenue per month, according to an analyst with Merrill Lynch & Co.

Machinists, who on average make about $54,000 a year without overtime, will receive $150 a week in strike pay, but that won't kick in until the third week.

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