Nation : IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON STATE : Boeing, Machinists Called Back to Talks
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A federal mediator in Seattle has called the Boeing Co. and striking Machinists union back to the bargaining table today in an effort to settle their month-old strike. The talks will be the first since Oct. 18, when the two sides met separately with mediator Doug Hammond and adjourned without agreement. About 58,800 members of the International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, mainly in Washington, Oregon and Kansas, struck Oct. 4 over wages, benefits and mandatory overtime.
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