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If you aren’t already celebrating, THIS is National Pollinator Week, June 21-27, as proclaimed Monday by Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack.

A ruling last week allows the U.S. to hit European countries with $7.5 billion worth of annual tariffs in retaliation for damages done by subsidies given to Airbus.

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing plans to shift another work group away from the Puget Sound region. The Seattle Times reports the company confirmed Wednesday the work shifting to Mesa, Arizona, could involve hundreds of jobs. The changes will affect Boeing's Shared Services Group, which employs about 3,000 people and provides support services to Boeing's corporate and production units...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A House panel is considering two measures that would tie Boeing's eligibility for tax breaks to the amount of people they employ in Washington. The House Finance Committee heard public testimony on the measures Tuesday...

EVERETT (AP) — Boeing will issue hundreds of layoff notices to engineers in Washington state this week. The Daily Herald reported Monday that a memo from the company's vice president of engineering for Boeing Commercial Airplanes John Hamilton says the cuts are necessary to stay competitive...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Boeing Co. says it has signed a new, $3 billion deal with Iran's Aseman Airlines for 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Chicago-based Boeing made the announcement on Tuesday, saying the deal includes purchase rights for an additional 30 737 MAX aircraft...

SEATTLE (AP) — Union officials say over 1,800 union members will leave Boeing under a buyout plan offered last month in a continuing company job-cutting effort. The Seattle Times reports the Machinists union says 1,500 of its members applied for a buyout and were approved to leave the company...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Workers at a Boeing plant in South Carolina have rejected an effort to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday released the results of the vote. Nearly 3,000 production workers were eligible to vote in the balloting at the aviation giant's North Charleston facilities...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Voting is underway as thousands of workers at Boeing's South Carolina plant decide if they want to unionize. Polling places opened early Wednesday morning throughout the aviation giant's sprawling facility in North Charleston...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Community leaders say it's time for Boeing employees to have union representation to protect their wages and well-being. Rep. David Mack told several hundred people gathered at a rally Monday in North Charleston that unionizing workers at the plant in his district would be good for South Carolina's economy...