Boeing says options open as workers protest 777X offer

Boeing said on Friday that all production options were open after a union leader was quoted as dismissing a proposed labor agreement to build its new 777X jet in the Seattle area. The Seattle Times reported that the senior local union official tore up a copy of Boeing's contract proposal in front of disgruntled union members at a meeting near Seattle and said he would recommend it should be not be put to a vote.

The 777X program would secure thousands of jobs in the Seattle area, which is competing with non-unionized workers in southern U.S. states where wages are lower. "All of our options are still on the table, including those within Boeing and interest we have received from outside," a Boeing spokesman said in an emailed statement. Read more.