Boeing and Machinists want to cooperate

Floyd McKay • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Boeing and Machinists want to cooperate</h1>
                <h2><p>Boeing has been in secret (up until now) negotiations with the International Association of Machinists to keep a good deal of 777X work in the greater Seattle area, reports Reuters. The current proposal would place construction of the plane's high-tech composite wings in the Puget Sound area, which</p></h2>
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            <p>Boeing has been in secret (up until now) negotiations with the International Association of Machinists to keep a good deal of 777X work in the greater Seattle area, reports <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/04/us-boeing-assembly-idUSBRE9A30BV20131104?ref=avalancheghost.one">Reuters</a>. The current proposal would place construction of the plane's high-tech composite wings in the Puget Sound area, which could shape where composite work is done for Boeing for quite a while. The plan would also locate the plane's final assembly at the Everett plant, which would seem to make sense since workers there already have experience handling similar projects. Nothing against South Carolina, of course. — A.S.</p>
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Boeing has been in secret (up until now) negotiations with the International Association of Machinists to keep a good deal of 777X work in the greater Seattle area, reports Reuters. The current proposal would place construction of the plane's high-tech composite wings in the Puget Sound area, which could shape where composite work is done for Boeing for quite a while. The plan would also locate the plane's final assembly at the Everett plant, which would seem to make sense since workers there already have experience handling similar projects. Nothing against South Carolina, of course. — A.S.

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By Floyd McKay

Floyd J. McKay, professor of journalism emeritus at Western Washington University, was a print and broadcast journalist in Oregon for three decades. He is also a historian and his new book, "Reporting