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KOMO - Seattle, WA : Washington officials worry about Boeing 787 jobs | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Local

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 03:31:24 +0000

Boeing is blackmailing Washington by threatening to create the 2nd assembly line out of state if they do not get a comittment from the union to not cause any more labor disruptions in the future. Carson told our SPEEA president that his goal was to break the Union and he has just issued the ultimatum. He gets his marching orders from McNerney and they are sticking to their failed business plan of spreading the risk (and profits) to the outsourced partners. The Union will be throwing their members under the bus if they agree to give up their only weapon. This is not the Boeing that we've built and the stockholders need to stand up and realize that keeping McNerney and his failed business philosophy was a mistake and a change in course is needed immediately. Boeing was built by the people of Washington and Boeing's survival depends on the loyalty and dedication of the people in Washington which has been proven for decades. Stooping to blackmail will be the straw that breaks Boeing's back if the stockholders don't act quick.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Prosecutors: Agent had sex with girl one last time | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:07:01 +0000

Why does it matter that she was 14 or 18? She is still a child to a 55 yr old man. Any man can tell the difference between a 14 and an 18 yr old once they talk . There is no excuse for him ever putting himself it that situation.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing 787 won\'t fly for at least several weeks | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:47:31 +0000

One of the reasons the outsourcing business model for the 787 was developed was to share the risk of building a multibillion dollar airplane. How much money has Boeing not lost due to sharing the risk.? Do the ibusiness partners share the cost of the penalties and cost overruns the 787 program has incurred, or is it just the shareholders employees, and vendors that bear the brunt of a mismanaged program. If Boeing bet the company on the 747 and 777 and survived, it shoud be in a better position to survive the challenges of the 787 . At the time, sharing the risk was probably a good idea, but now it appears that Boeing actually increased it's risk of failure by trying to avoid the finacial risk. of doing it by themselves.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Tentative deal in Boeing engineers contract talks | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:37:29 +0000

You would think Boeing is wanting us to strike. Maybe they need additional excuses for the delays and would like to be able to point the finger at SPEEA now. This contract is so disrepectful, not even a ratification incentive, after giving the IAM 10%. Our negotiators need to explain why they even lifted this offer off the table. Do they really think they did a good job representing us?

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing engineers union has strike contingency plan | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:35:41 +0000

There is not a country in the world or a state in this country who wouldn't want entry into the commercial airplane manufacturing business. The barriers to entry into this market are so high and expensive, there are only two successful companies in the world today. Suggesting that shutting down the Washington factories and moving somewhere else to shave 1 or 2 % of your current 5% labor costs does not make much business sense. Especially when you have 7 years of backlog that customers are demanding now. Boeing is here for multiple reasons; tax incentives, location, trained workforce, equity in infrastucture (land, buildings, tooling) etc.etc.etc. These threats to leave Washington are foolish and I would think shareholders would exert some influence on management who would pursue such a business case just to bust the unions.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing, engineers union begin final phase of talks | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Boeing

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:53:59 +0000

The worst possible scenario for Boeing is for the IAM to accept this warmed over contract offer and have it's workforce begin coming back to work Sunday night. Productivity was at it's worse before the strike and if the IAM members accept this offer for whatever reason, that means less than half will be compelled to work and accept the conditions of a contract that 80% refused before. Instead of the company capitulating and giving in a little on their 5% labor costs and revising outsourcing language that won't even be needed until the backlog is worked down, they have polarized the workforce and blew the opportunity to increase productivity by "Working Together".

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing, engineers union begin final phase of talks | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Boeing

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:03:52 +0000

Boeing's corporate outsourcing stategy was developed years ago using laws, rules, and regulations that were on the books during the previous Republican administrations. This new contract looks like the same "Stay the Course" that we have been hearing from Bush. I don't understand why Boeing in staying on this path knowing that the rules are about to change and their business case will have to change too.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing, engineers union begin final phase of talks | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Boeing

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:47:50 +0000

Or right next to FDR. In case you don't remember history, he was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. By March there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed. In his first "hundred days," he proposed, and Congress enacted, a sweeping program to bring recovery to business and agriculture, relief to the unemployed and to those in danger of losing farms and homes. Watch this as a reminder: Pennyland http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-127989?ref=email

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing, engineers union begin final phase of talks | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Boeing

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:46:09 +0000

Hang in there IAM, there will be a new sheriff in town after Nov 4. Obama will discourage outsourcing by taking away tax incentives and pay to create American jobs. CEO's will be singing a new tune once Obama changes the rules. Boeing will be forced to change it's outsourcing strategy because that was so yesterday.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing, union reach tentative agreement | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:03:59 +0000

I know you did and I respect that, but don't you think the NC see's the bigger picture and has access to more info than you or I do. Afterall, you did vote for them to represent you.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing, union reach tentative agreement | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:35:51 +0000

The tentative agreement has the unanimous endorsement of the IAM negotiating committee. Does this mean that everyone who is going to accept their negotiating committee's endorsement will return to work tomorrow? I hope so. We need you guys back to work as soon as possible. Congratulations on your perseverence and standing up for the American worker. You are one of the last powerful unions left and your demands were not unreasonable or excessive.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing CEO: Strike hurts Boeing reputation | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:22:30 +0000

You are right. Seattle workers do know how good they have it here and it's because they stick together as a union. That's why other Aerospace companies can not compare. Even Boeing subsidiaries know how strong the Union is in Seattle. Boeing threatens to move the work from here so they can pull these arroganrt tactics elsewhere. Stay strong IAM.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Strike makes 787 delivery to Japan uncertain | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Boeing

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:29:32 +0000

To end this labor dispute and work stoppage, Boeing and the IAM must begin consulting with each other to seek a compromise. Begin talking about bringing the troubled parts back and get it right first before asking someone else to provide the simple and noncomplex assemblies. The subject matter experts are here, waving signs at your entrances and begging for respect and dignity well earned. Let them do what they have been trained to do and share your success with those that helped create it.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Strike makes 787 delivery to Japan uncertain | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Boeing

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:29:18 +0000

Sure, the owners can argue that $400,000 a year is a reasonable or even an exceptional salary compared to the rest of the market, but they know it will only buy a mediocre team that would not draw the spectators which creates the revenue. They know to keep a reputation as the best and finest, they have to share the success and revenue with the players. Boeing could learn from this analogy and share its success proportionally with the people who generate its income and maintain its reputation as the world’s finest airplane manufacturer. Airline customers buy airplanes based on reputation for quality, safety, and its ability to generate income. Being competitive in the marketplace is not taking away from what has made you successful in the past. Its realigning your resources to eliminate waste and make the business leaner and more efficient than it has been.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Strike makes 787 delivery to Japan uncertain | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Boeing

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:28:02 +0000

Boeing Management could learn from Major League Baseball Boeing employees build the most complex, sophisticated, mass produced piece of machinery in the world. The outsourcing strategy did not consider the soul of it’s workers pride and what really makes an assembly of rivets, sheet metal, and wires fly at 30K feet and carry millions of family members daily. These skilled workers with the required training and tribal knowledge have been left out of the equation. These were the guys that worked the manufacturing and assembly issues daily and diligently worked overtime while their families were at home without them. The employees are the soul of a company just like baseball players are the soul of a team. Many complain about the high salary of baseball players, but the reality is that those highly paid players are the ones that generate the revenue for the owners.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing strikers encouraged to file for jobless pay | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:37:13 +0000

My bad, you are right. Just goes to show you any one person doesn't know everything, nor can any one person build an airplane. Thanks for the correction.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing strikers encouraged to file for jobless pay | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:03:55 +0000

Boeing has not lost the ability to build airplanes. It still builds 737, 747, 767 and 777 models consistently and on schedule. It’s the new 787strategy which has resulted in the inability to produce an airplane on schedule and on budget. Boeing machinists are now expected to fix systemic problems that are no longer within their capacity or capability to correct. Customers can no longer afford to be patient and will not be as forgiving with future delays in the 787 program. Boeing cannot afford the current labor disruption and should not try to use it as an excuse for a failed business strategy. It needs to compromise and listen to the workers. Bring the work back and get it right first. Only then can you outsource the parts that are not one of your core competencies.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing strikers encouraged to file for jobless pay | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:56:54 +0000

That is until Harry Stonecipher came along with his legion of McDonald Douglas managers which was part of the deal Phil Condit made in order to acquire MIckyDees. The intent of the merger was to leapfrog into competition on the F22 contract. That failed and Boeing lost that contract to Lockheed anyway. It also lost the Tanker contract which no one seemed to see coming. How low does the public perception and stock price have to deteriorate before the stockholders of this company admit they have been misled and get back on track. The unions have seen it coming for years and now have adopted the Italian attitude "Better bust than in the hands of bandits." The managers which spoke out have been replaced, fired, or demoted for not embracing the new strategy.

KOMO - Seattle, WA : Boeing strikers encouraged to file for jobless pay | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | News

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:56:30 +0000

Boeing has mistakenly misjudged its core competencies and outsourced those skills which have historically built the most complex, mass produced piece of machinery in the world. The outsourcing strategy which was sold to company executives looked good on paper but did not consider the soul of it’s workers pride and what really makes a complex assembly of rivets, sheet metal, wires and electrical assemblies fly at 30K feet and carry millions of family members daily. These certifiable skilled workers who have the required documented training have been left out of the equation. These were the guys that worked the manufacturing and assembly issues daily and diligently worked overtime while their families were enjoying their meals at home without them. These were the guys who lived and breathed their jobs and shared their accomplishments and failures with their families, which accounts for so many generations of families having worked at Boeing.