737 MAX stays in Renton under Boeing, union agreement
KING5 – Boeing and its machinists union have reached a deal to ensure 737 MAX manufacturing remains in Renton, Boeing announced Wednesday…
“If our employees ratify a new agreement, building the 737 MAX in Renton will secure a long and prosperous future there, as well as at other sites in the Puget Sound area and in Portland, Ore., where 737 parts are built,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Jim Albaugh.
“This will generate long-lasting security for our members,” the union told its members Wednesday. “It also resulted in a Boeing commitment to the success and continuation of the other airplane programs where our members have shown time and again their expertise, productivity and quality, resulting in increased profits for the Company.”
The union said Boeing approached its leadership in late October to begin talks, which were kept secret.
Boeing has more than 80,000 employees in Washington, mostly at the Renton factory and the wide-body factory in Everett.
“This is a tsunami-sized deal between Boeing and the Machinists union,” said Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. “It is a transformation of the relationship between the company and workers to focus on quality, performance, and incentives.”
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