17 Nov 2013
(MENAFN) The US planemaker, Boeing, has not ruled out moving manufacturing of all part of its new 777X aircraft to the Middle East after American labor unions rejected the terms of a new contract to build the aircraft at its base in Seattle, a senior executive said, according to Arabian Business.
Boeing had been in talks with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers since March to negotiate an eight-year contract extension to build the 777X aircraft at its base in Seattle, in the north western US state of Washington.
The offer was rejected in a vote by a 2-1 margin, putting up to 31,000 jobs in the Seattle area at risk and forcing the plane maker to seek an alternative production locations such as the Middle East.
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