With a threat that the company will pursue outsourcing jobs, talks between Textron Aviation and machinists disintegrated Sunday, after company officials refused to put a pledge to keep jobs in Kansas in writing. Textron is seeking to combine machinists in the two local unions for Beechcraft and Cessna aircrafts into a single labor agreement. Union representatives are dismayed that company officials walked out of talks without making a final offer, and fear Textron has made up its mind not to build aircraft in Wichita, instead outsourcing jobs and perhaps even moving its plants out of state.
See "Machinists union: Contract negotiations fall apart with Textron Aviation", Molly McMillin, The Wichita Eagle, October 12, 2014