Boeing’s Next Jet May Be Bargaining Tool in 787 Factory Dispute
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June 13 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co.’s successor to the 737may become a bargaining tool in any resolution of a laborhearing set to start tomorrow over the new, non-union 787Dreamliner plant that opened last week in South Carolina.
Work on the new jet, which Boeing has said it would preferto adding upgraded engines to the 737, was part of an offer theMachinists made at the end of May to settle a federal complaintthat the company illegally retaliated against union workers withits new plant, said Tim Neale, a Boeing spokesman.