Boeing cutting 1,100 jobs from U.S. plants

[OhioChick]

Thursday, January 20, 2011, 10:52 AM

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Dwindling domestic demand for C-17 cargo planes will force Boeing Co. to slash 1,100 jobs at its U.S. plants, most of them in Long Beach where the aerospace giant has cut 13,000 jobs since the 1990s, the company said Thursday.

The 900 jobs in Long Beach and 200 jobs at plants in Mesa, Ariz., Macon, Ga., and St. Louis will be cut by the end of next year.

The cuts include accountants, midlevel management, engineering, research and assembly line workers. Affected workers will receive 60-day notices beginning Friday, with layoffs staggered monthly through 2012.

More: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/01/boeing_cutting_1100_jobs_from.html

on edit to add:

Remember Obama's trip to India?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4604337

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Obama will meet with Indian students and with business executives. He's also expected to announce a sale of C-17 cargo jets to India that could mean 35,000-40,000 jobs in the U.S.

Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/28/102805/nothings-left-to-chance-when-a.html#ixzz1Be7eT1St

So much for those C-17's and 35,000-40,000 jobs created in the US.

[ChromeFoundry]

1. Promises, promises.

A rec for the unrec.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

2. that number was preposterous

I don't think there were 35,000 people working for Douglas in Long Beach in 1960.

[Major Hogwash]

3. Are those union jobs?

Does anyone know?

I heard last month they were going to build a plant in Tennessee, where they won't be unionized.

[unhappycamper]

4. On the plus side, we won't be buying too many of these $200+ million dollar aircraft.

AFAIK, the US has over $41 billion dollars of them. (205 X $200+ million)