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Article: A SUBDUED BUT HAPPY MOOD IN EVERETT.(News)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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- June 19, 2008
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Byline: BRAD WONG P-I reporter
Boeing Machinists in Everett welcomed news Wednesday that the Air Force might reopen the competition for a $35 billion contract for a refueling tanker.
But their enthusiasm was measured, with no celebratory plans for fancy steak dinners.
"I'm just enjoying the victory for right now," said Tom Wroblewski, president of the Aerospace Machinists Union District 751.
Machinists and their engineering counterparts who work on the 767 line in Everett said much remains to be done to win the federal contract to replace the aging Boeing KC-135.
"At least there's hope. Before, there was none," said Jason Redrup, a 46-year-old ...