Tim Keating, a Boeing vice president, warned a union leader at the Everett plant not to stir up trouble. A few days earlier, Boeing announced it was moving 2,000 defense jobs out of Washington state. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boeing’
July 7th, 2014 - 4:11 am § in Misc.
Boeing has secret space plane in FLORIDA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Kennedy Space Center is the testing site for a top-secret Air Force space plane. Boeing is converting a former space shuttle building for the X-37B orbital test vehicle program. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/03/3850590/fla-spa[...]
April 17th, 2014 - 3:31 am § in Misc.
UPDATE: The Seattle Times reports that Boeing engineers do not appreciate the compnay telling them to eat buffalo wings, even with dipping suce, are a good idea.
UPDATE from April 10. In December Boeing announced that it was breaking up its advanced central research-and-development unit in Seattle. Transferring jobs around the country. The spin was that Seattle should be happy to be the place making the wings while Boeing spreads its R&D around th[...]
April 10th, 2014 - 7:27 pm § in The Ave Scene
Boeing : Seattle gets the wings, with ranch dressing!
Despite $9,000,000,000 tax break, Boeing is moving the crown jewels, the 1,000 engineering jobs that support the world wide fleet, to California (where TAXES are higher). Management: Chicago Bodies: North Carolina After market support: California Wings: Seattle Boeing’s view of what will [...]
March 9th, 2014 - 12:15 pm § in The Ave Scene
Danny Westneat at Seattle Times has a Good Idea: Why shouldn’t WA woo Airbus?
Screw Boeing. Airbus tries to get into U.S. markets, so why not woo them to WA State? So Boeing is no longer a WA state company despite the largest ever offer of a state pay off if the now Chicago based predator plane company builds its 777x here. Danny Westneat points out that WA did […][...]
January 12th, 2014 - 3:03 pm § in Misc., The Ave Scene
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The #7 Best Run City Better Win The Superbowl!
Seattle was also the only city above 500,000 population on the list. Heck, the list did not even include Boeing on the stars of our local economy or mention the awesome seafood here! Also we are the only city on the list in the NFL playoffs and will host the San Fran team for the […][...]
January 4th, 2014 - 12:50 pm § in Misc.
UPDATE: Boeing’s Workers Vote 51% YES
UPDATE: As the kids say “I dare you!” … 51% Yes (originally posted Jan 3.) Now that the Machinists union accepted Boeing’s contract proposal, I dare WA STATE to go one further … Though the vote was only 51 percent, the effects will be massive. Seattle now has t[...]
January 3rd, 2014 - 1:58 pm § in The Ave Scene
Live Discussion of Boeing Vote As It Comes In
Click the logo or follow this link: Starts at 4PM.[...]
January 3rd, 2014 - 1:53 pm § in Misc.
Activists Push NO Vote by Machinists
Machinists listen to speakers encouraging union members to reject Boeing’s proposed contract offer at a rally Thursday. (KIRO Radio Photo/Tim Haeck) Boeing Machinists gather at ‘vote no’ rally in Seattle[...]
January 2nd, 2014 - 11:00 am § in Misc.
Will the machinists vote hurt WASTATE’s credit rating?
The Motley Fool claims so: If Boeing pulls production of its 777X from Washington, that could have a significant impact on Washington’s credit rating. Bloomberg reports that the loss of jobs and tax revenue could result in a credit downgrade, which is something no state wants to face. Foll[...]