by Mike Lear | Jan 4, 2014 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
No part of the Boeing 777X airliner will be built in Missouri. That’s after a machinists union in Washington State voted last night to accept a contract that will see the plane and its composite wing built there. The vote ends the bid by Missouri and several...
by Mike Lear | Dec 6, 2013 | News
The House today debates the Senate’s version of a bill that offers up to 1.7-billion over 23 years to Boeing if it will build its 777X airliner in Missouri. If the bill, Senate Bill 1, clears the House without changes that would essentially end the special...
by Mike Lear | Dec 4, 2013 | News
Labor groups in Missouri have been among those expressing support for the legislative effort to bring production of a Boeing commercial airliner to Missouri. Jeff Aboussie, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the St. Louis Building Trades is among those that testified in...
by Mike Lear | Dec 3, 2013 | Business, News
St. Louis-area building trades union leaders have agreed that workers will be available 24/7 with no overtime while building a production facility for the Boeing 777X as part of the effort to bring construction of that airliner to St. Louis County. Governor Jay Nixon...
by Mike Lear | Dec 3, 2013 | Business, News
If Boeing brings production of its 777X airliner to north St. Louis County, the incentives Governor Jay Nixon has proposed could add up to as much as $1.74-billion over 23 years, if the company reaches certain job creation thresholds. A cost-benefit analysis released...
