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Boeing Continues Overseas Outsourcing |
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by SPEEA
Email: speea (nospam) speea.org (unverified!)
Phone: 206-244-8469 (newsline) |
11 Feb 2002
Modified: 11:20:23 PM |
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While the US airline industry begs for government bailouts, Boeing continues outsourcing. |
Quoted from the SPEEA (Society of Professional Engineering Employees' Association) Spotlite union newsletter (Feb. 2002):
"Officially, Boeing downplays the impact of outsourcing on employment. When workers in Southern California rallied to save the 717, Boeing denied the existence of agreements with two Russian firms to design and build a similar 100-seat midrange jetliner in Moscow. However, a Boeing official in Moscow confirmed the agreements to the Russian press last month. Boeing officials in the Puget Sound region have also confirmed a desire by Corporate leaders to expand the Moscow Design Center where more than 600 technical workers are already employed.
"The impact of outsourcing is Company-wide. In September, employees in Wichita built 21 horizontal stabilizers and vertical fins for the 737 NG. An additional 7 stabilizers and fins for the 737 were assembled in China. By July of this year the majority of each will be built in China. Similarly, Boeing recently announced plans to open a parts factory in South Africa. None of this bodes well for existing workers.
"Work is not the only thing leaving Boeing facilities. Knowledgable workers, the same workers who have drive Boeing business for 80 years, are either beng laid off or leaving for better futures elsewhere. Recent layoffs included at least two "Associate Tech Fellows" the same people Boeing leaders laud as the reason behind the company's success. |
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