An aerial view of the engine and fuselage of an unpainted Boeing 737 MAX aircraft parked in a warehouse at Boeing Field at King County International Airport in Seattle, Washington, June 1, 2022.
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workers in Boeing Aircraft Parts Supplier Spirit Aerosystems A new labor agreement was approved on Thursday, setting the stage for production to resume at the Wichita, Kansas, plant after shutdowns last week.
Spirit Aerosystems, which supplies fuselages for Boeing’s best-selling 737 Max plane and other components from Boeing and other manufacturers, halted production on Thursday after workers voted against the new proposed contract and backed the strike.
“We will continue to monitor developments and assess any potential impact on production and deliveries,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Stan Deal said in a note to employees.
The union said Tuesday that the company and the International Union of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have reached a new tentative agreement for 6,000 workers. The union said 63 percent of workers approved the new agreement.
When the preliminary agreement was reached on Tuesday, the union said: “This agreement addresses our members’ concerns about significant wage increases, maintains the core health care plan benefits that members have insisted on, and does not include mandatory overtime.”
The workers will return on July 5.
The pause in production comes as Boeing is busy ramping up production of new planes. The company kept some airframes in stock at the time of the strike to continue manufacturing.
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