Boeing says it has identified 15 locations, including its production home base of Washington, as potential sites to build the next generation 777. According to the Seattle Times, the contenders have until Dec. 15 to submit proposals. It's been widely speculated that Long Beach, Calif., the historic home of Douglas Aircraft and now the site of the soon-to-be-mothballed C-17 factory, has the inside track but analysts also think the site search is a ploy to put pressure on the International Association of Machinists to give up significant concessions to keep the work in Washington. Last week, the IAM voted more than two-thirds to reject a Boeing offer to guarantee the building of the 777X in Washington if the union agreed to have pensions frozen and a new wage structure for new hires that would have slowed the pace of wage increases for those workers.
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