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Boeing engineers overwhelmingly back new labor contracts

More than 70 percent of voters backed the agreements for two bargaining units of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) that cover 20,100 workers, the union said. Professional workers voted 6,085 to accept and 2,460 to reject, while technical workers voted 2,825 to accept and 1,030 to reject, the union said. Boeing agreed to pay 15 percent more than the national average of wages for professional engineers, as

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Pratt & Whitney, VietJet sign $3 billion engine deal

Engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney has signed a $3.04 billion contract to sell engines to budget airline VietJet Air for Airbus aircraft, the airline said in a statement. The engines will be installed on 63 A320 and A321 planes ordered by VietJet under the contract signed at the Singapore Airshow, Vietnam's first privately owned carrier said in the statement issued late on Wednesday. The airline said it wants to expand routes to cover all of Asia-Pacific.

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