Boeing plans layoffs for May

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Boeing sent a notice to employees at its commercial jet factories Friday warning of layoffs in May.

Workers at the company's Washington state factories were informed by their union that Boeing had issued a federally-required notice that "involuntary layoffs were scheduled for May."

A Boeing spokesman confirmed the 60-day notice, but declined to say precisely when it would initiate the layoffs or how many positions would be cut.

Boeing (BA) has been cutting staff to reduce costs since early 2016, primarily through buyouts and the attrition of executives, managers and engineering staff. The notices are the first official signal from the company that it will lay off some of the factory workers who assemble its jets.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/17/news/companies/boeing-signals-may-layoffs/index.html

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All together now: "jobs for America"!

[turbinetree]

1. And what do the non-union workers in South Carolina have to say

since they have "no" job protection provisions, no contract

[pangaia]

10. And engineers in Huntsville?

[turbinetree]

19. Since Boeing is closely tied to the Mars Mission and the sexual predator

and now his predator supporting team has decided to cut funding to NASA. I guess he doesn't know that the anti-lock brakes on his cars that he toodles around in came from aircraft design, or GPS navigation, or the medicine he takes was developed in space, or the other scientific ideas

I guess after he dissed Merkle (no formal handshake and not even a state dinner, for the head of a state government, what a jerk ) and went down to Mar a Lago costing 3 million to golf, the "space" between is ears is very limited to corruption and his ties to corruption

[pangaia]

29. My engineer friend in Huntsville was laid off by a Boingo subsidery in SoCal

in 2013 after 25 years, and 1 year after the birth of his son.. After 1 year unemployed, and brain surgery on his wife ( she's fine), Boingo 're-hired' him.. sent him to fucking Huntsville on his OWN $20, 000 to move, without a guarantee of any length of time he would be employed. His job is 1/2 commercial and 1/2 military. The guy is a damn genius !!! Both he and his wife are... very culturally astute .. and now have to live in Huntsville..

Well, I shouldn't complain about that I guess. he has a job, for now... She is a yoga teacher and had to leave all her SoCal students and start a studio all over....

blechkkk

EDIT: How do a yoga teacher and an aerospace engineer get along? you might ask... Don't ask.

[0rganism]

15. that's probably where the jobs are going

Washington state should immediately revoke any and all tax breaks previously granted to Boeing corp.
this is not the first time Boeing has pulled this kind of shit

[turbinetree]

20. It was all about Tax Breaks pitting one state taxes against another and incentives

and the simple fact that wanted a double breasted work force, pitting non-union against union

[yeoman6987]

27. Trump doesn't care that Washington state company is laying off people

Trump cares only about states that went for him.

[Kingofalldems]

28. And his internet trolls feel the same way.

[turbinetree]

30. And lets not forget that he dissed Boeing about the new Air Force One

being to expensive

[ffr]

2. Not in Indiana, so I don't much think anyone in the adminsitration will give a hoot.

Along with the layoffs the republicans are planning, unemployment should be ticking up here alarmingly any time soon.

[Bengus81]

3. And just a couple of days ago Boeing announces 2000 new jobs....

in Jina where they're building a NEW assembly plant. So...whatcha going to do about that Trump?!?!

[still_one]

6. Where is Jina? Romania?

[japple]

11. Jina is how tRUMP pronounces China. Alec Baldwin did a piece during the debate about this.

[still_one]

16. sorry thanks. I have avoided most televsions since November 9th

[japple]

17. Yep! I have avoided teevee since abut 2008.

[yallerdawg]

4. Executives and shareholders excited! Bigly!

Layoffs translate to rising stock valuation!

And when Wall Street wins, Main Street gets more crowded under the bridge...

[George II]

5. But the "president" said just today that jobs are flowing into the country.

[Greywing]

12. He died say that followed by "believe me" ... that's his 'tell' that he

is LYING

[MyOwnPeace]

7. QUICK!!!!!!

Let's cancel some more "social waste" projects, you know, Meals-on-Wheels, PBS, Medicare, Title support for PUBLIC schools, and buy some more killer jets so that we can "keep Murica safe" and guard those borders............................

[keithbvadu2]

8. Where is Trump/Pence to save those jobs like Carrier?

[bluevoter4life]

9. Beat me to it

How long before they blame Obama?

[treestar]

13. Maybe they can get hired back

when Orange Disaster and Congress increase the military budget.

[PatrickforO]

14. They are trying to bust the union.

And, OMG, watch out! I'm going to criticize (gasp!) the Dems in WA for not backing their workers.

[Crash2Parties]

18. Also announcing layoffs recently: Sprint/Radio Shack, JCPenny, Sears/Kmart, Macy's

...Atlantic City, ESPN, Disney, Remington Outdoor, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cabelas, Roche Diabetes Care Inc., University of Mississippi Medical Center,Juniper Networks, CSX, GoPro, American Media Inc, Baptist Health, MD Anderson Cancer Centers, REC Solar, Spruce, Wilson Trucking Corporation, Fitbit Inc., Gordmans Department Stores, Saint John Health Systems, Inteva Products, Liberty Mutual, State Farm, Oracle, Rackspace, North Jersey Media Group...

[KingCharlemagne]

21. Not to worry though. Any uptick in real unemployment will be hidden

by Trumplodytes at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. We won't know unemployment has reached 25% until our next door neighbors (and maybe us as well) are standing in bread lines. And then it will be too late.

[dalton99a]

23. He will publish only what he likes.

[KingCharlemagne]

24. Were I an enterprising investigative journalist, I would be

cultivating career civil service sources within the BLS. No way can Trump permit the revelation of any signs of a general economic slowdown or impending economic collapse. But the civil service machinery on which he relies will know the truth.

[dalton99a]

25. Yes. Economic data will be a source of scandals

Extra security will be imposed, but the good people with access won't keep it a secret.

[KingCharlemagne]

26. I expect there will be efforts to tinker with the underlying data itself. The

BLS does a weekly survey of households to determine the various unemployment figures. Interference by Trump goons could transpire at the level of raw data collection. That becomes grounds for an enterprising investigative journalist to win a Pulitzer.

[Crash2Parties]

31. Just wait until they implement drug testing for unemployment benefits

Magically, they will have solved the problem of bad seeming numbers...

(the House bill is already written)

[machoneman]

22. How do we get the media to post a graph of job losses next to gains?

Trump is always bellowing about job gains even those announced before he took office. Fine, then let's get the media to start cataloging and showing all the losses as well, Boeing being just one example. With many expecting a natural turn-down in the Dow and business activity in general after 8 years of uninterrupted growth, this would seriously undercut all his bullshite.

Btw, I tried to message ABC News with this idea but ran into a brick wall as they wanted it submitted as a story and then it needed to be vetted by their legal beagles. Hoo-boy!