On the day proposals for where to build Boeing's 777x aircraft were to be submitted, the International Association of Machinists met Tuesday with Ray Conner Reuters reported.
"The meeting was not a formal negotiating session, but instead was a chance for both sides to give feedback," the union said in a statement Reuters reported. "No proposals were exchanged."
The union did not agree to the terms of a deal last month, which would have made their healthcare more expensive, eliminated their pension, and give Boeing a 20 year timeframe to construct the transporter. The company is now expected to make the aircraft in other states throughout the United States, along with Japan who has extended an invitation.
"We are very disappointed in the outcome of the union vote," Ray Conner, chief executive at Boeing Commercial Airplanes said in a statement Reuters reported. "Without the terms of this contract extension, we're left with no choice but to open the process competitively and pursue all options for the 777X."
Boeing is currently considering locations in Charleston, S.C., Huntsville, Ala., Long Beach, Calif., Philadelphia and St. Louis the company said in a memo last month Reuters reported. Long Beach is a front runner however.
"The region has a critical mass that can support aerospace firms," Robert Kleinhenz, chief economist at the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp told The Los Angeles Times last month. "The communities here in Southern California know how important the aerospace industry is to the local economy."
A handful of positions have preliminarily been shifted from Seattle to Long Beach The Times reported. The company also expects to bring 375 people to the city within a year's time according to a July announcement.
The company also anticipates bringing 300 additional jobs, and building a new engineering design center for making aircrafts for public use.
Washington governor Jay Inslee secured $8.7 billion in funding from taxes for Boeing and the rest of the fighter jet business.
