Should Boeing retreat on outsourcing? Certainly the company's two major unions, one already on strike and the other possibly headed that direction, say so. Aside from the short-term problems Boeing has created in its drive to off-load work, there are long-term competitive issues that suggest a tempering of its enthusiastic plunge into outsourcing might be in order. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The article addresses the departure of good paying jobs with benefits that is an underlying cause in the current housing financial crisis. A very large fraction of the planes is manufactured outside the US.
It would be interesting to know why Boeing is outsourcing. One reason is that other countries are more likely to buy if part of the work is done there. Maybe another is that the union is a pain in the a... Why did Boeing more its headquarters to Chicago? There is no insights in the article, only the news that the union doesn't like outsourcing.
Retrieving Comments
