Boeing not bluffing, Seattle union says

Boeing is not bluffing about its plan to move production of its new 777X aircraft out of the state of Washington if it doesn’t get a contract with its local machinists union, a spokesman for the Puget Sound-based local told the Washington Examiner. Nevertheless, the spokesman said that the local union still believed workers should reject the manufacturer’s latest offer.

In a response that came too late to be included an earlier story on the dispute in Seattle, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 spokesman Bryan Corliss said: “District 751 leadership does not believe Boeing is bluffing.” The company is reportedly entertaining offers to locate 777X production in Texas, Oklahoma and other states.