Lockheed, machinists reach tentative agreement

Boeing and the machinists union have reached a tentative deal that would extend the contract for four years and end Boeing's dispute with the National Labor Relations Board. If approved, the agreement would mean that a new version of the popular 737 model would be built by union workers in Washington state and that the new 787 model could be assembled in South Carolina, which is a right-to-work state.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The two-month machinists' strike at Lockheed Martin appears to be nearing an end....

The agreement modifies the United Auto Workers' labor contract and GM's obligations to fund a trust to pay retiree health benefits, removing a hurdle to the automaker's June 1 restructuring deadline. General Motors Corp.

A contentious labor dispute between the government and Boeing Co.

Reuters - The United Auto Workers and Ford Motor Co have reached a tentative agreement on contract changes the automaker wants to bring labor costs in line with U.S. rivals, the union and company said on Tuesday.

The agreement modifies the United Auto Workers' labor deal and GM's obligations to fund a trust to pay retiree healthcare benefits and removes a hurdle to the carmaker's mandated restructuring. The United Auto Workers said today it has reached a tentative agreement with General Motors Corp.

(Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp workers who build the F-16 and F-35 fighter planes voted on Thursday to accept a new labor contract that would provide yearly pay increases of 2.5 percent to 3 percent and bonus payments, their union said. The vote ends a nine-week strike by more than 3,600 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union in Texas, California and Maryland. Bob Wood, a spokesman for District Lodge 776 of the union, said the Lockheed labor accord was approved by an 80 percent margin. ...

Via Rail and the union representing some of its workers reached a tentative deal ahead of a midnight strike deadline, the Canadian Auto Workers said. The union did not release details of the tentative settlement and said ratification votes were being scheduled. “We’re very pleased to have reached a tentative deal with Via Rail,” Bob Orr, assistant to the union president, said in a statement.