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Boeing Defense Workers Go on Strike

Supply Chain Brain

Photo: iStock/jtyler August 4, 2025 SupplyChainBrain More than 3,200 unionized workers who assemble fighter jets at Boeing’s facilities in the St Louis area have gone on strike after rejecting Boeing’s latest offer on August 3. It’s the first strike that Boeing has faced at its St Louis defense hub since 1996.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

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from Washington University St. Louis, M.S. As if this wasn’t enough, transportation costs are rising and forcing companies to constantly adjust and optimize. And because transportation costs are easily one of our bigger expenses, we’re always looking for ways we can do things more efficiently. University of North Texas.

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High-Tech Nation: How Technological Innovation Shapes America’s 435 Congressional Districts

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This is abundantly clear throughout the United States, as revealed in both traditional economic data, such as high-tech export activity, and in newer metrics, such as broadband deployment. Prior to ITIF, Adams was a student at Washington University in St. Louis, where he earned an M.A. in Economics and Political Economy.