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An aerial view of the engines and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX parked in storage at King County International Airport – Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, June 1, 2022.
Lindsey Wasson | Reuters
workers in Boeing Aircraft parts supplier Spirit Air Systems He agreed to a new business deal Thursday, paving the way for production to resume at the Wichita, Kansas, facility after a work stoppage last week.
Spirit Aerosystems, which supplies Boeing’s best-selling 737 MAX planes as well as other parts for Boeing and other manufacturers, halted production last Thursday after workers voted against a proposed new contract in favor of striking.
“We continue to monitor the situation as we evaluate any potential impacts to production and delivery,” Stan Deal, chief executive of Boeing’s commercial aircraft unit, said in a note to employees.
The union said on Tuesday that the company and the labor union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, had reached a new preliminary agreement for the 6,000 workers. The union said 63 percent of workers agreed to the new agreement.
“This agreement addresses our members’ concerns about significant pay increases, maintaining basic health care plan benefits that members have insisted on, and does not include any mandatory overtime,” the union said on Tuesday when the initial agreement was reached.
The workers will return on July 5th.
The production halt came as Boeing seeks to ramp up production of new aircraft. The company went on strike stripping some airframes to continue manufacturing.
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