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...
by Jessica Machetta | Dec 2, 2013 | Business, Transportation
Boeing is keeping its cards close to its vest in the negotiations for an assembly contract with the Boeing plant in St. Louis, the center of this week’s special legislative session called by Gov. Jay Nixon. So close, in fact, the company declined to go on tape...
by Mike Lear | Nov 29, 2013 | News
Missouri’s House Speaker says Governor Jay Nixon has submitted to the General Assembly a draft of legislation he wants it to consider in the special session he has called that will begin Monday. He has asked the legislature to approve raising caps on four...
