By Ocean on Sep 7, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington (Reuters) - Boeing Co’s 27,000-strong machinists’ union walked off the job on Saturday after the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer following two days of emergency talks.
“Despite meeting late into the night and throughout the day, continued contract talks with the Boeing Company did not address our issues,” Tom Wroblewski, [...]
By Ocean on Sep 6, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington (Reuters) - Boeing Co’s 27,000-strong machinists’ union walked off the job on Saturday after the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer after two days of emergency talks.
At midnight, a crowd of more than 100 employees gathered near the entrance of Boeing’s factory in Everett, Washington, whistling, honking and waving picket [...]
By Ocean on Sep 4, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co’s largest labor union said its members had rejected the plane maker’s contract offer and voted to strike, but the union agreed to postpone a walkout for 48 hours to allow more time for negotiations.
The International Association of Machinists leadership announced the extension, which means Boeing employees will stay on the [...]
By Ocean on Jun 19, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in European aerospace group EADS (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) fell sharply on Thursday after U.S. auditors urged its Air Force to rerun a competition for a $35 billion contract initially won by EADS and Northrop Grumman (NOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz).
EADS shares at one stage fell as much [...]
By Ocean on Apr 9, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) announced the third major delay on its 787 Dreamliner on Wednesday, citing slow progress on assembly and continuing problems with suppliers, putting the program about 15 months behind schedule.
The delay was widely expected, as the U.S. plane maker has been struggling with late redesigns of [...]
By Ocean on Mar 1, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent EADS won a $35 billion U.S. Air Force refueling plane deal on Friday in a surprise blow to Boeing, until now the Pentagon’s sole supplier of aerial tankers.
Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and EADS (EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), “clearly provided the best value to the [...]
By Ocean on Feb 22, 2008 in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Airlines Corp (9205.T: Quote, Profile, Research) is looking at buying some Airbus’ mid-sized A350 XWB planes after production delays for Boeing Co’s (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 787 planes, two company sources told Reuters.
Boeing faces increasing customer ire after announcing last month a second delay for the 787, pushing first deliveries out [...]