Boeing, union sign new contract

Eron Ben-Yehuda

Labor peace returned to the Boeing Co. last week after one of its unions

agreed to a three-year contract, a company spokeswoman said.

On Oct. 29, the rank and file of the International Association of

Machinists and Aerospace Workers approved the new deal negotiated during

a “cooling off” period that followed a union vote authorizing a strike,

she said.

About 1,500 union members who work at Boeing’s headquarters near Bolsa

Chica Street and Bolsa Avenue will enjoy more job security, better

pension and medical benefits, and higher bonuses, said Nick Bacon

president of the union’s local chapter, district 725.

Boeing has not suffered a strike in almost 25 years. In 1975, workers

left their jobs after the company closed its Santa Monica plant.