Three governors urge end to Boeing strike as suppliers suffer

(Reuters) -The Republican governors of Utah, Missouri and Montana on Tuesday urged Boeing and the union representing 33,000 striking machinists to end a nearly seven-week-old strike citing the impact to their states and the planemaker's suppliers. "The strike has far-reaching implications in our states," wrote Governors Spencer Cox, Mike Parson and Greg Gianforte to Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). "Boeing has stopped buying from most suppliers, most of whom are now making the very difficult decision to furlough or lay off their own employees," they said.