US EditionBoeing plans to move 787 engineering work to South Carolina
Boeing plans to relocate about 300 engineers to South Carolina to align with increased 787 production at its expanded North Charleston campus, following prior consolidation moves.
- Last week, Boeing told employees that it will move 787 Dreamliner engineering teams from Puget Sound to North Charleston, South Carolina, impacting about 300 workers, SPEEA said.
- Boeing says the change will co-locate engineers with the programs they support, expanding 787 work in Charleston since the mid-2000s and breaking ground last year on a $1 billion South Carolina expansion.
- SPEEA said Boeing did not inform union leaders at a union committee meeting, rattling SPEEA professional and technical units as contract talks approach with expiry in October.
- Regional officials warned the move unsettled Puget Sound officials amid Boeing's 5.5% workforce growth last year after acquiring Spirit AeroSystems with about 17,000 employees, despite a 4% decline in Washington's Boeing workforce.
- Some saw Boeing's growth in South Carolina, with about 9,000 employees, as a swipe at Washington unions, noting the nonunion workforce and the 2008 Machinists strike.
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Up to 300 Boeing engineering jobs could leave WA for South Carolina
As many as 300 jobs could leave Washington after Boeing announced plans to consolidate engineering work on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in South Carolina. When finalized, Boeing would move 300 jobs from Washington to South Carolina, a non-union state. Boeing engineers are currently represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), but Boeing’s contracts with that union expire this October. Boeing has been migrat…
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The Seattle TimesBoeing moves more 787 work from Washington
Boeing will move engineering work for the 787 Dreamliner from the Puget Sound region to South Carolina, marking another move away from Washington five years after it shifted all final assembly for the 787 from Everett to North Charleston.
Boeing plans to move 787 engineering work to South Carolina
Boeing told employees last week that it plans to consolidate 787 engineering work in South Carolina as it ramps up production of its popular twin-aisle jet, the union representing its engineers said on Wednesday.
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