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There are suggestions that part of the motivation was to reduce the power of the heavily unionized workers in Seattle and allow the company to transfer to a cheaper assembly plant in the south - just as car makers had done.

If you are only doing final assembly you can move the plant every 10years or so to get the best deal from local government. It's difficult to do that if you need an army of people with a lifetime of skills.