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Boeing warns of possible layoffs in 2009

Topix - Business News  Fri, 11/21/2008 - 13:32

Boeing Co. may lay off some workers next year as part of an effort to cut costs in response to difficult market conditions and a slowing global economy, a company executive said.


 

Manufacturing Output Rebounds in October

NYT > Business  Mon, 11/17/2008 - 08:43

The Federal Reserve said that industrial output rose 1.3 percent last month, reflecting a return to more normal operations after hurricanes and a strike at Boeing in September.


 

Boeing delays delivery of 747-8 airplanes

Newsvine - business  Fri, 11/14/2008 - 08:18

Boeing Co. said Friday it is delaying the production and delivery of 747-8 freighter and intercontinental airplanes.


 

Boeing presents first contract offer to engineers

Newsvine - business  Fri, 11/07/2008 - 01:29

The Boeing Co. has presented its initial contract offer to the union representing its engineers and technical workers.

The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace calls the offer incomplete and disappointing.


 

Boeing delays 787 test flight due to strike

Newsvine - business  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 05:55

Boeing Co. said Tuesday the first test flight of its long-delayed 787 jetliner has been postponed until next year due to an eight-week strike by union workers.


 

Boeing says 787 test flight delayed due to strike

MSNBC.com: Business  Tue, 11/04/2008 - 15:58

 Blaming the recently resolved machinists strike, Boeing now says the first Dreamliner flight will not take place in 2008, as originally scheduled.<br /><br />CNBC's Phil Lebeau reports. (CNBC)Boeing Co. says the first flight of its long-delayed 787 jetliner has been postponed until next year due to an eight-week strike by union workers.



 

Labor unions get boost from Boeing strike

MSNBC.com: Business  Mon, 11/03/2008 - 06:13

Boeing Machinists union member Carole Johnson  sorts through ballots after union members voted on a new contract offered on Saturday in Seattle, Wash.The verdict is still out on who exactly won the Boeing Machinists strike of 2008, but it has nonetheless given a shot in the arm to a weakening organized labor movement in America.



 

Labor unions get boost from Boeing strike

Newsvine - business  Mon, 11/03/2008 - 06:13

The verdict is still out on who exactly won the Boeing Machinists strike of 2008, but it has nonetheless given a shot in the arm to a weakening organized labor movement in America.


 

Boeing ordered to pay ICO $236 million in damages

Newsvine - business  Sat, 11/01/2008 - 00:52

A jury ordered the Boeing Co. to pay $236 million in punitive damages Friday for breaching a contract to build and launch satellites for a company headed by cellular phone pioneer Craig McCaw.


 

Boeing faces new world as strike ends

MSNBC.com: Business  Tue, 10/28/2008 - 18:39

Striking Boeing worker Joe Tello walks a picket line Monday in Seattle.<br /><br />Union members will vote Saturday on a deal that could end the 53-day strike.Boeing is likely to restart its commercial airplane production next week after an eight-week strike by its largest union, but the world is now a very different place.