Unionized factory workers at Boeing are voting on Monday whether to accept a contract offer or to continue their strike. The walkout has lasted more than seven weeks, shut down production of most Boeing passenger planes and cut off a key source of cash for the company.

Unionized factory workers at Boeing were voting through late Nov. 4 whether to accept a new contract offer or to continue their strike, which has lasted more than seven weeks

About 33,000 Boeing machinists were voting Monday on a new contract offer from the company — its third contract proposal since the workers went on strike in September. Wall Street is hopeful, even if the outcome of the contract vote is hardly clear.