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hack89

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23. None of their military and space work is done in Washington state

Reply to pstokely (Original post)

Fri Dec 13, 2013, 08:53 AM

Dec 2013

they moved beyond just commercial airplanes when they bought MacDonald Douglas and Hughes Satellite systems.

Boeing Military Aircraft, for example, is headquartered in St Louis. It makes sense that they do their defense related research there.

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Boeing to shift research jobs to South, Midwest [View all] pstokely Dec 2013 OP

Race to the bottom Major Nikon Dec 2013 #1

To the bottom... SoapBox Dec 2013 #15

Ahh, to the anti-union south go the spoils. demosincebirth Dec 2013 #2

go the spoils. AlbertCat Dec 2013 #11

WA to Chicago to the south. For friends nd family who worked and suffered through their uppityperson Dec 2013 #3

And then out of the country altogether. no_hypocrisy Dec 2013 #4

Off to Mexico next !! warrant46 Dec 2013 #9

Bingo Populist_Prole Dec 2013 #17

"chicago-based" HeiressofBickworth Dec 2013 #5

I can't argue with your last line. Paulie Dec 2013 #12

Sure it's unrelated Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2013 #6

Nah, I ain't buying any of that either! n/t freshwest Dec 2013 #10

Fine. Repeal all tax breaks that they currently get in Washington. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #7

Well said. n/t Alkene Dec 2013 #22

Corporate bosses live in a coccon and rarely realize that while their lifestyle tends hedgehog Dec 2013 #8

I doubt they are planning on moving very many employees passiveporcupine Dec 2013 #14

Hey, Airbus. We're gonna have some nice empty buildings soon, want to make a deal? n/t jtuck004 Dec 2013 #13

Not to mention lots of engineering talent. n/t strategery blunder Dec 2013 #16

Good idea Populist_Prole Dec 2013 #19

Oh SNAP! KamaAina Dec 2013 #25

Corporate America trying to get LibDemAlways Dec 2013 #18

Officially, they're not shifting jobs. They're ending some jobs in Seattle, pnwmom Dec 2013 #20

Who cares who builds the planes, and long as they they are cheap. nt bemildred Dec 2013 #21

None of their military and space work is done in Washington state hack89 Dec 2013 #23

The South is badly in need of Union organizers LongTomH Dec 2013 #24

Nothing was learned from the 787 debacle. Dawson Leery Dec 2013 #26