Boeing seals four-year labor deal with IAM

Dec 09, 2011 | 11:25 AM | Frank Haflich

Tags  Boeing, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Jim Albaugh, Frank Haflich

LOS ANGELES — Boeing Co. has set the stage for a ramp-up in production with a labor agreement that assures peace with its largest union for the next four years.

About 31,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union in Washington state, Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan., approved a new contract that runs through 2016, reversing more than two decades marked by labor strife.....





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