By David Shepardson, Allison Lampert WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing said on Wednesday it is issuing layoff notices starting this week to workers impacted by a broader plan by the heavily indebted planemaker to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce. U.S. staff receiving the notices this week will stay on Boeing’s payroll until January…
By Nate Raymond and David Shepardson (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday held that a trial judge correctly found that American Airlines’ now-scrapped U.S. Northeast partnership with JetBlue Airways violated federal antitrust law. Siding with the U.S. Department of Justice, the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a trial judge’s ruling blocking…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A union representing striking machinists at Boeing said Saturday that members will vote Wednesday on a new contract deal that includes a 35% pay hike over four years that could end a more than month-old strike. Around 33,000 of Boeing’s unionized West Coast workers, most in Washington state, have been…