Boeing avoids strike as St. Louis Machinists OK contract

By Bryan Corliss Aug. 3, 2022, © Leeham News: Machinists Union members working for Boeing’s St. Louis-area defense plants today ratified a three-year contract with the company.  The vote means that Boeing will avoid a strike that would… Read More

Update 8-3: Contract Approved (St. Louis Machinists vote Wednesday on latest Boeing contract tweaks)

Update, Aug. 3, 2022: The IAM 837 approved the revised Boeing offer for a three year contract. No strike tonight. By Bryan Corliss Aug. 2, 2022, © Leeham News: Machinists Union workers at Boeing’s St. Louis-area defense plants… Read More

Jump in R&D spending at Boeing Commerical Airplanes points to renewed studies for new airplane

Subscription Required By Scott Hamilton Return of the NMA? Photo credit: Leeham News. Aug. 1, 2022, © Leeham News: Buried in Boeing’s second quarter results released last week was a sharp jump in research and development spending. It… Read More

Pontifications: Two books examine GE’s fall from grace

Lights Out: Pride, Delusion, and the Fall of General Electric By Thomas Gryta and Ted Mann Mariner Books, $17.99, 361 Pages The Man Who Broke Capitalism, How Jack Welch Gutted the Heartland and Crush the Sole of Corporate… Read More