Boeing 777x vote
Aerospace giant Boeing Co.‘s largest union approved a controversial contract proposal that cut benefits in exchange for decades of work in Puget Sound on a new jetliner.
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A Seattle-area union’s close vote ceding hard-won benefits to keep production of a Boeing airliner in the area illustrates the waning clout of labor unions nationwide.
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Anyone following last Friday’s epochal vote in Washington state on a union contract at Boeing could tell from the workers’ comments in various forums that the key issue wasn’t whether the contract was good or bad, or even whether Boeing was a good or bad company to work for.
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EVERETT, Wash. -- The union hall closest to Boeing Co.’
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A vote against the contract offer could prompt Boeing to take its 777X project, estimated to be responsible for 10,000 jobs, out of the Puget Sound area. Long Beach is a possible alternative site.
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Boeing Co. said the machinists union in Washington has rejected a “best and final†contract proposal that would ensure the aerospace giant would build its next-generation 777X airliner in the state.
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The state plans to submit a proposal to build the Boeing twin-aisle jet in California.
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The aerospace giant threatens to build its newest airliner out of state unless a union approves concessions. Some workers have generations of history there.
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Boeing Co. said it has signed a record-breaking number of customer orders and commitments for the 777X, the aerospace giant’s new twin-aisle commercial jet.
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The aerospace giant’s Long Beach plant is again in the running to build new jetliner.
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Days after announcing its intention to build its next major jetliner in the Seattle area, aerospace giant Boeing Co. said the decision is not yet final.
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