Tomorrow the machinists vote on their contract. Follow this link for live coverage of the vote. However it comes out, I hope that Governor Inslee is wooing Aerobus to build a plant here. Imagine all the good things that would mean ..Aerobus gets all the advantages of Washington’s investment[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Boeing’
Davey Jones: A Seaman comments on Boeing’s Treatment of Machinists.
The next time you’re in a 737 descending from 36,000 feet to a landing, take a moment and consider that the aircraft is a collection of over 300.000 parts, if you happen to be on a 747 there are over 6,000,000 parts. Many of those parts are things like rivets, screws wires, or seat cushions,[...]
December 2nd, 2013 - 12:13 pm § in The Ave Scene
THE Ave Challenge: What is wrong with this picture?
Something is Wrong With This Ad from the Washington Aerospace Partnership Click the ad to find out what is wrong![...]
November 14th, 2013 - 1:27 am § in The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Bye, bye Boeing
Boeing workers reject plan linked to 777X in Wash. SEATTLE (AP) – Despite warnings that production of Boeing’s next generation 777 plane could go to another state, machinists in the Northwest voted to reject a contract proposal late Wednesday that would have exchanged concessions for dec[...]
November 8th, 2013 - 4:48 pm § in Misc.
How can ANYBODY with a conscience live in a state governed by the tea party?
Watching this reminds me of the Germans who provided Hitler with enough votes, never more than a third, to take over the Bundestag.[...]
September 10th, 2013 - 4:13 am § in The Ave Scene
As UW Funding Dwindles Boeing Moves Engineering Out of State
According to the Seattle Times, Boeing is committed to moving its crown jewels , high tech engineering jobs from Washington state The UW keeps trying to explain to Olympia that huge tech jobs will not stay here if we do not invest in higher ed. Booing sees the light …. Mike Delaney, head of [...]
June 10th, 2013 - 8:45 am § in The Ave Scene
BOEING: Time to drop the name “Dreamliner”
Rajasthan launches scheme to save the endangered Great Indian Bustard This weekend I talked with one of the executives who developed Boeing’s Drealmner. He impressed me with all the efforts Boeing had gone to make the 787 a pleasant pane to fly in ..as opposed to the cattle cars we all fly in [...]
May 7th, 2013 - 11:11 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Shit Rises to the Top in South Carolina
*SANFORD [R] 54% COLBERT [D] 45% [...]
Boeing workers vote Jan 3 .. what were they expecting for Christmas?
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Unionized workers at Boeing Co (BA) will vote on January 3 on the company’s latest proposed contract, according to a statement issued by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers just before Christmas, Cartoon is a mashup derived from work by [...]