The work stoppage by 33,000 factory workers at the struggling aerospace giant comes to an end after more than seven weeks.

About 33,000 workers at the aerospace manufacturer had been on strike for nearly two months, having rejected two earlier contract offers.

Approval of the deal with 38 percent raises over four years is a key step toward recovery after Boeing suffered billions in losses from the work stoppages and safety problems.

Boeing U.S. West Coast factory workers were voting on an improved contract offer on Monday that could end a seven-week strike and restart most jet production at the troubled planemaker.Boeing's latest offer includes a 38% wage increase spread over four years,

Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers accepted a new contract offer on Monday, their union said, bringing an end to a bitter seven-week strike that halted most jet production and deepened a financial crisis at the troubled planemaker.

The union supports a pay and retirement proposal that could put factory workers back to work after seven weeks off the job.

But the strike was just one of many challenges the troubled U.S. aerospace giant faces as it works to return to profitability and regain public confidence. Boeing’s 33,000 striking machinists disbanded their picket lines late Monday after leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district in Seattle said 59% of union members who cast ballots agreed to approve the company’s fourth formal offer,