(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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