EVERETT, WA—Through the first five months of this year, Boeing Co. is well on its way to meeting its goal for Dreamliner deliveries. Boeing’s assembly plants in South Carolina and Washington have produced 54 jets through May. At the current rate, the company will produce 130 Dreamliners by the end of the year.
EVERETT, WA—Boeing will shut down a temporary extra assembly line used to build 787 Dreamliners at the end of this year and convert it for use in early production of the forthcoming 777X jet. Two final assembly lines in Everett are currently producing seven 787s per month. Workers on the temporary line, known as the “surge line,” will transition to the other assembly line, which will step up production to match the rate from both assembly lines.
SEATTLE—Employees at one of Boeing’s Washington assembly plants are using an odd looking tablet PC with a dozen or more 0.63-millimeter silver balls attached to it. This is Boeing’s vision of the future of augmented reality integrated on the assembly line.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—The Machinists union may withdraw its request to hold a union vote next week for production workers at Boeing’s manufacturing operations here. The union has faced political opposition and may not win a majority vote from workers.
SEATTLE—In 2013, outside of Boeing, a third of production workers at local aerospace parts manufacturers—companies that get tax breaks intended to preserve good jobs in the state—earned between $10 and $15 an hour, an analysis of state data shows.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—Production workers at Boeing assembly plants in South Carolina will decide next month whether they want union representation by the Machinists. The National Labor Relations Board has set April 22 as the date for the vote on whether to unionize.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—The Machinists’ union filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board Monday that would allow Boeing workers to vote on unionizing the Dreamliner assembly plant here.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—The Federal Aviation Administration has approved a production certificate for Boeing’s assembly plant here to deliver 787-9 aircraft to customers. The FAA initially issued a production certificate in July 2012 for the 787-8.
OLYMPIA, WA—A lawmaker says she will introduce a bill that could reduce Boeing’s multibillion dollar tax break if the company trims its overall Washington state workforce.
