ECONOMY/JOBS: “Five months ago at a Boeing factory in South Carolina, President Trump proclaimed, ‘We are going to fight for every last American job.’
On Thursday [6-22-17], workers at the North Charleston plant learned they’d soon face layoffs.
The airplane manufacturer announced it would be cutting ‘fewer than 200 people’ at the 787 Dreamliner campus and other facilities in the city.
‘Our competition is relentless, and that has made clear our need as a company to reduce cost to be more competitive,’ Boeing said in a statement. ‘We are offering resources to those affected by layoffs to help them in finding other employment and ease their transition as much as possible.’
The company has yet to notify the affected employees — who work in operations management, engineering, quality control and training, among other roles — and represent a tiny sliver of its workforce in the state. Boeing would not say how many, exactly, could lose their jobs and when the dismissals will begin.”
-Danielle Paquette, “Trump visited this Boeing factory to celebrate jobs. It just announced layoffs,” The Washington Post online, June 22, 2017 06:26pm