Boeing Sides Talking Tough

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SEATTLE -- The machinists' union president said Monday that negotiators are having a "tough time" trying to end a five-week strike that has shut down Boeing Co.'s commercial aircraft factories.

Machinists' union president Tom Buffenbarger told The Associated Press that talks resumed with Boeing Sunday for the first time since 27,000 hourly production workers went on strike Sept. 6 over a raft of issues, including job security, pay, retirement benefits and health care. Some of thorniest disagreements to resolve are provisions on outsourcing and subcontracting.

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Boeing Sides Talking Tough

Boeing, which has about 740 employees in Utah, has insisted th...

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