Topic: Tom Buffenbarger

Boeing Co. workers voted to accept an eight-year contract their union said cuts benefits but preserves "thousands of good-paying" jobs in Washington state.

Beechcraft Corp. is protesting a light air support aircraft contract given to Embraer of Brazil and the Sierra Nevada Corp. by the U.S. Air Force.

The proposed sale of Hawker Beechcraft assets to a Chinese company is being opposed by a U.S. union.

Machinists for U.S. planemaker Boeing said the company had agreed to a severance pay package for workers who volunteer to leave the company.

More than 2,700 workers in York, Pa., Friday struck Harley-Davidson Inc.'s largest manufacturing plant after failing to agree on wages and health benefits.

UAL Corp., parent company of United Airlines, on Monday named veteran oil executive Glenn F. Tilton its new chairman and chief executive officer. Tilton, 54, vice chairman of ChevronTexaco Corp. and acting chairman of energy firm Dynegy Inc., was selected

Union mechanics at United Airlines late Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer and authorized a strike.

President George W. Bush issued an executive order Thursday establishing a presidential emergency board to prevent machinists at United Airlines from going on s