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VW Tennessee Auto Workers Approve Labor Union Representation

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states ( Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, South Carolina and Texas ) each indicating in statements that unionization efforts will result in lost jobs and cutbacks from individual auto makers. Additional organizing efforts have been reported regarding a Hyundai production facility in Alabama as well. plane maker.

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Prediction- Added Labor Activism Among Industry Supply Chains

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Within the aerospace and commercial aircraft industry, involuntary job losses among highly skilled workers that occurred in 2020 and 2021 are still being felt as the industry attempts to again ramp-up monthly production levels for commercial aircraft or address large scale aircraft engine premature component replacement needs.

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Tropical Storm Nate: What You Need to Know

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Four states in the Southeast have declared a state of emergency as the storm approaches including 29 counties in Florida , six counties in Mississippi , the state of Alabama , and the state of Louisiana. Hurricane, tropical storm and storm surge watches have been declared from the Florida-Alabama border to as far east as Indian Pass.

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Hamburg calling – how the 8th Aviation Forum gave insights into tomorrow’s aerospace supply chain

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The participating companies – among them airliners, OEMs, suppliers, BDLI, clusters, regional aerospace organizations, service providers and consulting companies – discussed hot topics like globalization, digitization and smart production. Of these, 73% are accounted for by civil aviation, 19% by the military and 8% by space.

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Airbus Establishes Revised Plans to Boost A320 Family Monthly Production

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assembly line within the Mobile, Alabama facility, to help support this new goal. While single-aisle Boeing 737 MAX production and customer delivery levels have increased, the aerospace manufacturer has yet to resume deliveries of the manufacturing and engineering troubled Boeing 787 wide aisle aircraft. billion for the quarter.