Boeing Workers Rally to Support the 717 and to Keep Jobs in the United States.Business Editors LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001 Leaders of Boeing's second largest technical workers union will hold a rally here Thursday to press leaders of the aerospace giant to stop exporting local jobs to Russia. Members of the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, Professional Engineers Association (SCPEA SCPEA Southern California Professional Engineering Association SCPEA South Coast Air Quality Management District Professional Employees Association ) will gather at 11:30 a.m., Thursday (Nov. 29), outside Building 802 of the 717 factory, at the Veterans' Memorial on the corner of Lakewood Boulevard and Carson. Boeing plans to make a decision about the future of the 100-seat midrange jetliner by the end of the year. "The 717 is a good airplane," said Steve Dunham, president of SCPEA. "It would have a good future if Boeing would stay committed to it." Leaders of the union said Boeing plans to sacrifice the 717 and cut thousands of jobs in Southern California in order to move ahead with plans to develop a similar midrange jetliner with Russian's Sukhoi and Ilyushin aircraft companies. Boeing entered an agreement with the two Russian firms last spring. SCPEA represents more than 4,000 engineers and other technical workers at Boeing's Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. and Long Beach factories where 717s are manufactured. "At this critical time, we need to protect jobs in Southern California and protect jobs in this country," said Dunham. "We're very disappointed that Boeing would trade away American jobs for the possibility of receiving some airplane orders sometime in the future." A contract between Boeing and the Russian partners was announced in June at the Le Bourget Le Bourget is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.6 km. (6.6 miles) from the center of Paris. A very small part of Le Bourget airport lies on the territory of the commune of Le Bourget, which nonetheless gave its name to the airport. aerospace show in France. The announcement said the Russian companies This is a list of companies from Russia. See List of banks in Russia for banks. Company Industry MICEX RTS 1C Company Software - - Acron (company) Chemicals - RTS:B>AKRN Aeroflot Airlines MICEX:B>AFLT RTS:B>AFLT Alfa Group Investment - - look forward to "large sales all over the world." Boeing already operates a Design Center near Moscow. Today, about 600 technical workers work on various projects for Boeing in Moscow. Boeing trimmed its Southern California workforce by 600 workers during the summer. The aerospace giant is currently in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of cutting 30,000 workers from its commercial airplane division. A new round of 60-day layoff notices, with 400 technical workers receiving notices, were announced Monday (Nov. 26). Despite the layoffs in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , no layoffs have been announced at Boeing's facilities in Moscow, Russia. |
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