Originally published Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 4:53 PM

Machinists union leaders say Boeing betrayed them

Leaders of the Machinists union in Seattle say they feel betrayed by Boeing's decision to locate a new 787 production line in South Carolina.

The Associated Press

SEATTLE —

Leaders of the Machinists union in Seattle say they feel betrayed by Boeing's decision to locate a new 787 production line in South Carolina.

Tom Wroblewski, president of the local that represents Boeing's Seattle-area production workers, says it had offered Boeing a 10-year contract, but company negotiators seemed stunned and stopped talking.

Wroblewski accused Boeing of using the talks as a smoke screen and a bargaining chip to get a bigger tax break from South Carolina.

A strike by the union last year forced Boeing to shut its commercial jet operations for eight weeks. Labor relations were considered key to Washington's bid to keep all 787 production in the state.

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