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Boeing's history in the Pacific Northwest dates back more than a century, when William Boeing purchased a Seattle shipyard that would become his first airplane factory. 
  
 Boeing machinists march to cast their vote at the International Association of Machinists union hall in Everett, Wash. on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. About 30,000 members of IAM District 751 voted on a... (Associated Press) 
  
 In recent years, however, those ties have been fraying, first with the company shifting its headquarters to Chicago, then with the development of a new production line in South Carolina. Now, the relationship between Boeing and Washington state is near the point of unraveling after a fiery debate among machinists this week led the workers to reject a long-term contract. 
  
 On Thursday, Boeing made good on its threats and began looking elsewhere to develop its popular new 777X airplane. A spokesman for Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Boeing officials called him to begin talks that could bring the work _ and thousands of jobs _ to that state. 
  
 Boeing Co. spokesman Doug Alder declined to specify where the company is now looking, saying there is no short list and that there are many places both within Boeing's current operations and outside that are being explored. 
  
 "Everything is back on the table," he said. 
  
 Boeing has helped anchor western Washington state's economy for decades, but that relationship began to fray about 15 years ago. In 2001, the company moved its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago. 
  
 In 2003, Washington state lawmakers approved a broad package of tax breaks for Boeing in hopes of securing long-term work on the company's new 787 airplane. While that plane is being built in the Puget Sound, Boeing has since developed a new production line in South Carolina and placed wing production in Japan. 
  
 Alex Pietsch, who serves as Gov. Jay Inslee's leader on aerospace issues, said Thursday he now expects fresh competition for the 777X line from places like South Carolina, Texas, southern California, Utah, Alabama and Georgia. 
  
 "This is arguably the most significant prize in commercial aviation history," Pietsch said. 
  
 The governor's office is hopeful that Boeing and the machinists can come back together in the near future to explore a potential compromise _ perhaps when both sides have had a chance to cool down from the recent contract battle, Pietsch said. 
  
 In the contract vote late Wednesday, The International Association of Machinists District 751 rejected the proposal with 67 percent of the votes. Union members who called for a no vote did so in protest of Boeing's push to end a traditional pension plan and increase their health care costs. 
  
 The deal would have exchanged those concessions for the long-term stability expected with the 777X line. Workers would have received a $10,000 signing bonus if they approved the deal. 
  
 "We preserved something sacred by rejecting the Boeing proposal. We've held on to our pensions and that's big. At a time when financial planners are talking about a 'retirement crisis' in America, we have preserved a tool that will help our members retire with more comfort and dignity," Tom Wroblewski, District 751 president, said in a statement. 
  
 Political leaders, including many Democrats who are closely aligned with unionized workers, declined in recent days to influence machinists' votes but asked them to consider the broader impact on jobs and future generations. Lawmakers in Washington state hurried through a massive extension of tax breaks _ valued at nearly $9 billion _ along with money to improve worker training and permitting programs. 
  
 Republican state Sen. Mike Hewitt said the dynamics at Boeing have changed over the years from a corporate structure filled with Washington residents to leaders who no longer have ties to the state. 
  
 "The thought processes are different than 10 or 12 years ago when Boeing was a Washington state company," Hewitt said. 
  
 Michael Sullivan, a spokesman for the Utah governor's Office of Economic Development, said Gov. Herbert received a call from Boeing officials Thursday afternoon and has begun preliminary discussions with Boeing leaders on the 777X line. 
  
 Boeing has had operations in Utah for 25 years, and is getting close to opening a new 850,000- square-foot factory in a Salt Lake City suburb. The company employs 575 people and is expecting to hire 100 more at the new West Jordan factory. 
  
 The long-range, twin-aisle 777 holds about 365 passengers, making it Boeing's second-biggest plane. Since its first flight in 1994, it's been a best-seller for Boeing, which has sold more 777s than any of its other current large planes. 
  
 In May, it began offering the revamped 777X. Boeing is still finalizing plans for the plane, but it has said it is expected to carry as many as 400 passengers and to be 20 percent more fuel efficient than the current 777. 
  
 Instead of the current all-aluminum wing, the 777X wing is expected to be made from composites, the same high-tech plastic that makes up most of Boeing's new 787. Boeing is aiming to deliver the first 777X by the end of this decade. 
  
 The 777X is meant to compete with the new Airbus A350, which is undergoing flight testing now. It's also going to compete with Boeing's slightly larger 747-8 Intercontinental, which has seen sluggish sales even before the 777X has been formally launched. ||||| Boeing Co.'s sprawling aircraft assembly plant in Long Beach is in the running to build the aerospace giant's forthcoming 777X jetliner after a machinists union in Washington state rejected a deal that would have ensured the work would stay in the Seattle area. 
  
 Once considered a long shot, Long Beach is one of several cities under active consideration by Boeing after the International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted down a tentative labor agreement by a 2-to-1 margin late Wednesday. 
  
 Now Boeing, along with state and local officials, is in talks about the possibility of bringing the 777X program to Long Beach, where the company currently builds the C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet. 
  
 Gov. Jerry Brown has not yet commented on the program. But Brook Taylor, a spokesman for the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, said, "We are actively working to expand all facets of Boeing's operation in California." 
  
 Boeing has not discussed which locations it is considering, but reports suggest that possible manufacturing sites include Huntsville, Ala.; Charleston, S.C., where Boeing builds the 787; and Long Beach. The Seattle area hasn't been ruled out either. 
  
 After the union vote, the company said it would look at all options for a location to build the 777X, slated to be a more fuel-efficient version of its profitable twin-aisle aircraft. 
  
 "We are very disappointed in the outcome of the union vote," Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Ray Conner said. "But 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." 
  
 Moving the assembly line out of the Puget Sound region would be staggering to the Seattle area, where Boeing was founded in 1916. The 777 is one of Boeing's best-selling models. Versions of the plane have been built in Washington since the early 1990s, and the 777X is seen as vital to the company's fortunes in the long-haul market for decades to come. 
  
 The machinists union has estimated that the program could mean as many as 10,000 direct and 10,000 indirect industry jobs for the Puget Sound region alone. 
  
 The labor dispute in Seattle has drawn the attention of Southern California lawmakers, who are still reeling from Boeing's announcement in September that it intends to close the plane-making plant in Long Beach in 2015. 
  
 The site now houses construction of the C-17. 
  
 Southern California — the former undisputed center of the aerospace industry — has seen the number of aerospace workers in Los Angeles County fall to 56,780 last year, according to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., which tracks the industry. That is a nearly 70% drop from the 189,035 workers employed in 1990. 
  
 Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance), chairman of the Assembly's Select Committee on Aerospace, said he has reached out to Boeing executives to let them know that the state is interested in landing the 777X. He said he also planned to send a letter to Brown about securing the program. 
  
 "Time is of the essence," he said. "We have an opportunity here to bring thousands of jobs back home. This must be a priority." 
  
 Boeing has already moved some jobs from the Seattle area to Long Beach. The company announced in July that work performed by 375 people would be moved to Long Beach over the next year. 
  
 Less than a month later, Boeing said an additional 300 engineering support jobs would come to the region, and that a new engineering design center for commercial aircraft would be established. 
  
 Work in the aerospace industry is volatile and highly competitive. When Boeing said it preferred to build the 777X in Washington, it took state lawmakers less than a week to pass a package of bills that included $8.7 billion in tax savings for the company to build the plane there. 
  
 After that, Boeing gave the machinists union one week to make a decision on a labor agreement, which would extend the union's current contract eight years into 2024. But provisions of the agreement involving pension plans and healthcare benefits drew fierce opposition from union members and ultimately led to the workers' rejection of the labor agreement Wednesday. 
  
 The union represents more than 35,000 company workers. 
  
 Once the machinists union's unhappiness over the labor agreement surfaced, talk of Boeing's other options grew. 
  
 Meanwhile, aerospace experts pointed out that Boeing also has the option of manufacturing the jet in Charleston, S.C., where Boeing has a 787 assembly line. The site, the company's first nonunion final-assembly plant, was selected in 2009 — one year after a union strike stopped work in Washington for two months. 
  
 To win a contract to build the 777X, Long Beach may also try to woo Boeing by boasting about its workforce's decades-long experience building large aircraft. 
  
 The plant was built by Douglas Aircraft Co. during World War II. It thrived for decades, producing some of the world's most popular airliners, including the DC-3, DC-8 and MD-80. It still has a large "Fly DC Jets" sign nearby. 
  
 An Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. official said the group is eager to help put together an incentive package to help bring the 777X to Long Beach. 
  
 "The region has a critical mass that can support aerospace firms," said Robert Kleinhenz, the group's chief economist. "The communities here in Southern California know how important the aerospace industry is to the local economy." 
  
 william.hennigan@latimes.com 
  
 Times staff writers Marc Lifsher and Christine Mai-Duc contributed to this report. |||||
Output:
Boeing's long history in Washington state is at a turning point and other states—including California, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama—are gleefully eyeing the prospect of thousands, possibly tens of thousands, of well-paid jobs building the company's upcoming 777X aircraft, the AP reports. A machinists union rejected a deal this week that would have kept production in the Seattle area and the company, which shifted its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago in 2001, says it is now looking for new locations to build the plane, though it hasn't completely ruled out reaching a deal with the Washington workers. Lawmakers and business groups in Southern California—where the number of aerospace jobs has dived 70% since 1990—are among those eagerly trying to woo Boeing, though experts believe the firm may opt for South Carolina, where its first non-union final-assembly plant makes 787s, reports the Los Angeles Times. In Washington, meanwhile, union leaders are standing firm after members voted to reject a deal that would have ended traditional pension plans and increased health care costs. "We preserved something sacred by rejecting the Boeing proposal," says the president of International Association of Machinists District 751. "We've held on to our pensions and that's big. At a time when financial planners are talking about a 'retirement crisis' in America, we have preserved a tool that will help our members retire with more comfort and dignity."