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bhikkhu

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2. Boeing has added several thousand people to its west-coast operations...

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 10:12 PM

Jan 2012

I don't know exactly what's behind the Kansas closure, but they've been expanding for some time (and are still hiring) in Washington - almost all good-paying union jobs.

They did experiment with outsourcing for the 787 ( http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/02/boeings-multi-billion-outsourcing-fiasco.html ), but for at least the last year they've been going back the other way.

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Boeing's free-market move is going to cost Kansas big-time [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 OP

I can only assume the plant has been deemed obsolete OmahaBlueDog Jan 2012 #1

Boeing has added several thousand people to its west-coast operations... bhikkhu Jan 2012 #2

but, but, but gov. Brownback says he's the great job creator for KS! That corps. and RKP5637 Jan 2012 #3

I get regular right wing emails from an inlaw of my sister's who works at that Boeing plant. rgbecker Jan 2012 #4

it is going to hurt us, but it could have been worse demtenjeep Jan 2012 #5

Wichita-Home of wicked Koch Brothers- ErikJ Jan 2012 #6

Massively Funny kurt_cagle Jan 2012 #7

Didn't Obama just sell a lot of planes? EC Jan 2012 #8

That was a heavy iron defense plant ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #9