By Howard Rich || This month’s decision by aircraft manufacturer Boeing to cut a deal with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) will likely result in President Obama's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) dropping its unprecedented anti-free-market lawsuit against the company. That’s
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Because she's got nothing better to do (apparently), S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley got into a Facebook spat on Thursday with an influential fiscally conservative State Senator. Even more bizarre? She posted her comments while logged on as Michael Haley, her husband. The drama began when S.C. Sen. Tom
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COLUMBIA, SC - November 30, 2011 - Governor Nikki Haley this evening released the following statement: “We want to congratulate Boeing for their win today. This needed stability for one of the best companies we have is a huge lift for Boeing employees in our state as we look to celebrate their production
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Boeing has agreed to a sweeping labor agreement with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) that will keep production of its new 737 MAX jet in the Pacific Northwest. South Carolina had hoped to land the 737 MAX - which has already received close to 700 orders and is expected to enter service
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) says that Barack Obama's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) should be permitted to shut down aircraft manufacturer Boeing's new South Carolina facility because the company chose to expand in a right-to-work state. "Do you think it's right that Boeing
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Boeing's oft-delayed 787 Dreamliner made its maiden commercial flight on Wednesday, flying from Japan to Hong Kong in All Nippon Airways livery. The lightweight composite plane was supposed to enter commercial service back in May of 2008, but numerous supply chain and design issues forced multiple
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We hate the recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling regarding Boeing ... in fact, we've said so repeatedly. The move is clearly an effort by the administration of Barack Obama to discourage companies from locating new jobs to right-to-work states - and it should be fought tooth and nail. Having
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S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis is pressing the S.C. Department of Commerce to provide details regarding the massive taxpayer-funded incentives package approved for aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Unfortunately, he's not getting any answers. In a letter sent to the Commerce Secretary Bobby Hitt on September
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A major automotive company is on the verge of locating a new facility in Sumter County, South Carolina, sources at the S.C. Department of Commerce tell FITS. Our sources declined to name the company - or even provide us with Commerce's internal "project name" for the pending deal - but they agreed
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Boeing finally delivered the first commercial Dreamliner to Japan's All Nippon Airways on Sunday - more than three years behind schedule. That's one plane down, more than 800 to go. The Dreamliner was supposed to enter commercial service back in May 2008, but numerous supply chain and design issues
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We already knew that the state of South Carolina made aircraft manufacturer Boeing an offer that it couldn't refuse ... after all, the company agreed to locate its second Dreamliner assembly plant in North Charleston. And why not? The Palmetto state's record-setting $900 million incentives package
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The anti-free market jihad that's being waged by U.S. President Barack Obama's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Boeing isn't sitting well with the American public. According to a new Rasmussen Reports poll, 64 percent of Americans believe that the aircraft manufacturer should be permitted
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