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Any hopes that the Boeing strike will be solved in the near future were dashed this weekend as the company’s President and chief executive Scott Carson said he expects it to be “a couple of weeks” before the two sides can get to a place where they are willing to sit down and start talking again. Workers represented by the International Association of Machinists have been on strike against Boeing four times in the past 20 years. The last strike was in 2005. This time, the big issue surrounding the negotiation stalemate is the job security. The union is seeking to have a larger voice when it comes to the outsourcing issue. The union is seeking the right to bid on new work that is presented to Boeing. Language formed in a 2002 contract has tied the union’s hands so it can only bid on work that existed prior to that contract.