State officials say the Evergreen State’s economy lost 23,000 nonagricultural jobs in October. Officials blamed the Boeing Machinists strike, which has now ended.

Officials claim that without the strike, Washington would have actually gained about 800 jobs last month. But the strike did not affect the unemployment rate, because state economists count striking workers as employed.

The 57-day strike began September 6th. The new contract protects more than 5,000 factory jobs that could have been replaced by vendors, and includes a bonus and 15 percent pay raise over four years for 27,000 union members.

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