Chucktown PE
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Didn't know if anyone had seen this yet but I thought it was very interesting that Boeing has decided to locate a plant for assembling the 787 Dreamliner down here in North Chucktown.
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/oct/29/29boeing/
Boeing has said a lot of this had to do with the fact that South Carolina is not heavily unionized. In fact the workers at Vought (a company that Boeing bought back in August and builds fuselage pieces for the Dreamliner) recently voted to disband the union here. In addition, the Machinists Union in Washington wouldn't agree to a 10 year no strike clause. Looks like Boeing told them to stick it where the sun don't shine.
Anyway, we could use some good news down here.
In addition, Maersk (the shipping giant account for about 40% of the container volume) had threatened to pull its operations out of the port and they decided to stay as of this week.
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/oct/29/29boeing/
Boeing has said a lot of this had to do with the fact that South Carolina is not heavily unionized. In fact the workers at Vought (a company that Boeing bought back in August and builds fuselage pieces for the Dreamliner) recently voted to disband the union here. In addition, the Machinists Union in Washington wouldn't agree to a 10 year no strike clause. Looks like Boeing told them to stick it where the sun don't shine.
Anyway, we could use some good news down here.
In addition, Maersk (the shipping giant account for about 40% of the container volume) had threatened to pull its operations out of the port and they decided to stay as of this week.