Boeing Machinists approve new contract, ending strike

By  Lauren Rosenblatt ,  Dominic Gates ,  Paige Cornwell  and  Alex Halverson Seattle Times staff reporters The Boeing strike is over after 53 days. Machinists union members voted Monday to approve the company’s most recent contract offer, enabling Boeing to restart work at assembly plants in Everett and Renton and at parts plants throughout the

WA’s carbon market pumps billions of dollars to state projects. What happens if it vanishes?

By  Amanda Zhou Seattle Times staff reporter Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, Jim and Birte Falconer, Mike and Becky Hughes, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, University of Washington and Walker Family Foundation,

Boeing to cut 10% of workforce, stop most 767 production amid strike

Jeremy Niethamer, who works at wiring planes, pickets outside Everett’s Boeing plant, Friday, October 11, 2024. Boeing will lay off 10% of workforce and stop 767 commercial production as the strike drags on. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)

Boeing will lay off 10% of its workforce in the coming months and cut its commercial jet production amid a month-old strike that has left the company burning through cash as its factories sit idle. By Lauren Rosenblatt, Alex Halverson and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The company said Friday it would end production of its Everett-built 767

Sea-Tac Airport cyberattack caused by global ransomware gang, Port says

A ticket agent with WestJet Airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport writes a luggage tag by hand at the airport on Aug. 26, after a cyberattack disrupted computer systems. The cyberattack, by a group called Rhysida, resulted in internet and technology outages during the busy traveling season leading up to Labor Day. (Ellen M. Banner /

Inside Boeing’s factory lapses that led to the Alaska Air blowout

By  Dominic Gates  and  Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The near-catastrophic midair blowout of a door-sized fuselage panel on an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 in January was caused by two distinct manufacturing errors by different crews on successive days last fall in Boeing’s assembly plant in Renton. The first manufacturing lapse occurred within

Sea-Tac Airport officials confirm cyberattack disrupted service, websites

By  Caitlyn Freeman  and  Rebecca Moss Seattle Times staff reporters Seattle-Tacoma International Airport officials confirmed Sunday that an apparent cyberattack took down websites, email and phone services at the airport and Port of Seattle this weekend, disrupting travel plans. The outages were first reported Saturday morning and stretched into Sunday afternoon, with officials offering no