Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Union rules set high bar to Boeing U.S. worker strike

Boeing faces a likely strike on Friday by more than 30,000 workers that could shutter its Seattle-area plane factories over demands for a bigger pay increase than the 25

Union rules set high bar to Boeing U.S. worker strike
Business|Technology

Boeing faces possible strike on Friday over labor contract

Boeing faces a possible strike as early as Friday if most of the U.S. planemaker's factory workers in the Pacific Northwest

Boeing faces possible strike on Friday over labor contract
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Boeing delays suppliers' 737 MAX output goal by 6 months, sources say

Boeing has told suppliers it is delaying a key production milestone for its 737 MAX by six months, three industry sources said, in a sign the planemaker is struggling to

Boeing delays suppliers' 737 MAX output goal by 6 months, sources say
Business|Economy

Boeing labor deal angers many union workers ahead of vote, official says

A tentative labor contract agreed between Boeing and one of its biggest unions has angered many workers who were hoping for higher wage hikes and better pensions, an

Boeing labor deal angers many union workers ahead of vote, official says
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Acting US labor secretary encourages Boeing and workers to reach 'fair contract'

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Acting US labor secretary encourages Boeing and workers to reach 'fair contract'
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Canadian rail decision is a win for companies, union leader says

A decision obliging more than 9,000 Canadian rail workers to stay on the job is a win for the railways and could impact bargaining in other federally regulated

Canadian rail decision is a win for companies, union leader says
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Canada labor board orders end to railway work stoppage

The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered on Saturday a halt to work stoppages at the country's largest railways, signaling an end to an unprecedented

Canada labor board orders end to railway work stoppage
Business|Technology

New testimony shows Alaska Air crew feared passengers were lost in mid-air blowout

Alaska Airlines flight attendants feared passengers had been sucked out of the plane in the chaos following the Jan. 5 mid-air panel blowout on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet,

New testimony shows Alaska Air crew feared passengers were lost in mid-air blowout
Business|Technology

New Boeing boss Kelly Ortberg brings engineering background, aerospace roots

Kelly Ortberg, the former Rockwell Collins boss tapped to lead Boeing, has a background that threads a delicate needle for the planemaker - a company outsider untethered

New Boeing boss Kelly Ortberg brings engineering background, aerospace roots
Business|Technology

Textron close to buying Spirit Aero fuselage program for V-280 military aircraft, source says

Textron is close to acquiring the fuselage-making program for its V-280 military aircraft from Spirit AeroSystems, according to a source familiar

Textron close to buying Spirit Aero fuselage program for V-280 military aircraft, source says
Business|Economy

Boeing exec says fair to say planemaker failed commitments to suppliers

A top Boeing supply chain executive said on Tuesday suppliers and

Boeing exec says fair to say planemaker failed commitments to suppliers
Business|Technology

Boeing expects 787 suppliers to catch up by year's end, restoring output

Boeing expects delayed suppliers to catch up on parts that have slowed production of its 787 jets to below a rate of five a month, as the U.S. planemaker works to

Boeing expects 787 suppliers to catch up by year's end, restoring output
Business|Economy

Aerospace workers challenge planemakers over mandatory overtime

North American aerospace factory workers seeking to reduce mandatory overtime and lock in four-day work weeks are facing some pushback from planemakers trying to

Aerospace workers challenge planemakers over mandatory overtime
Business|Economy

Boeing deliveries drop 27% in June year-on-year

Boeing said on Tuesday it delivered more commercial jets in June than in any other month this year, but the total of 44 planes represented a 27% drop on an annual basis

Boeing deliveries drop 27% in June year-on-year
Business|Travel

Canada's WestJet cancels more flights after failing to reach agreement with union

Canada's WestJet Airlines said late on Saturday that it has canceled a total of 407 flights affecting over 49,000 passengers after the carrier and the union representing

Canada's WestJet cancels more flights after failing to reach agreement with union
Business|Technology

Boeing woes will not erode workers' readiness to strike, union says

Boeing's financial and production challenges following a January mid-air panel blowout will not change its workers' readiness to strike to make gains in

Boeing woes will not erode workers' readiness to strike, union says
Business|Technology

Boeing to brief European regulators on new production plans after 737 MAX panel blowout

Boeing is planning a briefing for high-level European regulatory officials about changes to the way it makes planes, a senior company executive said, after a

Boeing to brief European regulators on new production plans after 737 MAX panel blowout
Business

Productivity at Airbus plant in Canada slips as workers mull new contract offer

Productivity has slipped at a Montreal-area Airbus factory trying to ramp up assembly of the planemaker's smallest commercial jet, as workers consider a new

Productivity at Airbus plant in Canada slips as workers mull new contract offer
Business

Exclusive-Boeing defense suppliers delivered 80% on time in 2023 amid supply-chain snags

Boeing's defense, space and security suppliers improved their on-time deliveries in 2023, but still fell below a measurement for satisfactory performance,

Exclusive-Boeing defense suppliers delivered 80% on time in 2023 amid supply-chain snags
Business

Honeywell will seek 'relief' on Bombardier engine pricing case at Canada's top court

Honeywell said it will ask Canada's top court to hear an engine pricing case involving business jet maker Bombardier, in a dispute that has raised concerns

Honeywell will seek 'relief' on Bombardier engine pricing case at Canada's top court
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North American aviation companies get labor relief from foreign workers - at a cost

Aerospace supplier CEO Hugue Meloche spends more than C$10,000 for each skilled foreign worker he brings to his company's Montreal-area factories, but paying

North American aviation companies get labor relief from foreign workers - at a cost
Business

US low-cost carrier Breeze Airways takes early steps to fly international

Breeze Airways is taking early steps to fly to international sun destinations and parts of Europe, the founder of the U.S. low-cost domestic carrier said on

US low-cost carrier Breeze Airways takes early steps to fly international
Business|Economy

Airbus seeks mandatory weekend overtime to catch up on delayed A220 production

Airbus has told workers at its Montreal-area A220 factory that it wants to impose mandatory overtime on weekends to catch up on delayed production of the money-

Airbus seeks mandatory weekend overtime to catch up on delayed A220 production
Business|Economy

Canadian Airbus A220 workers approve deal, ending lockout fears

Canadian Airbus A220 jet assembly workers approved a five-year contract with more than three-quarters of votes in favor, their union said late on Wednesday,

Canadian Airbus A220 workers approve deal, ending lockout fears
Business

Boeing plane deliveries drop by half in May year-on-year

Boeing said on Tuesday it delivered 24 commercial planes in May, about half of the 50 jets it handed over to customers during the same month a year earlier, as it

Boeing plane deliveries drop by half in May year-on-year

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