South Carolina Business

State Senate Pushes Union-Busting Amendment | Greater Southeastern ...

Some critics believe that lawmakers might be setting union organizing in their sights because of Boeing's decision to relocate its 787 Dreamliner assembly line from Everett, Wash., to North Charleston. The company had problems with ... Albaugh said that moving Boeing's production line to South Carolina would be risky because they'd have to build a new plant and hire inexperienced workers. But not having to worry about people going on strike outweighed all that, he said. ...

Moulton Logistics Management Announces New Facility in Berkeley ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, SC – March 11, 2010 – The South Carolina Department of Commerce, Berkeley County and the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA) today announced that Moulton Logistics Management will locate its new ... Commerce received the top prize for Boeing's selection of North Charleston for the company's second final assembly plant for the 787 Dreamliner program. In addition to job and investment recruitment, the agency provides a range of business support ...

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Who cares? Boeing's already sold its ...

Chamber bails on backing bailout Barrett - Less than a day after making their first-ever endorsement in a gubernatorial primary race, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce [...] 17 hours ago. The Politics of Jamie Sanderson ...

Republic National Distributing Company Announces Expansion in ...

COLUMBIA, SC March 8, 2010 – The South Carolina Department of Commerce, Lexington County and the Central SC Alliance today announced that Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) will expand its operations with a new facility in ... Commerce received the top prize for Boeing's selection of North Charleston for the company's second final assembly plant for the 787 Dreamliner program. In addition to job and investment recruitment, the agency provides a range of ...

Sound Politics: Gregoire pits her tax hikes against Idaho

Employers (such as Boeing) are relocating operations to places like Chicago and South Carolina because of the positive business climate in Washington state. Liberals love to claim the playing field is level. That, heck, doing business ...

Boeing executive praises S.C. workers, educational system

I can see very clearly the immediate economic incentive for Boeing to relocate to South Carolina--assuming those terrified workers can be shown the ropes without further delaying the 787's delivery schedule. But, just as clearly, ...

The Real Reason Boeing is Coming to South Carolina (… we told you ...

The State posted an interesting article today in which Boeing CEO Jim Albaugh acknowledged that the real reason Boeing chose to expand operations in South Carolina, instead of Washington state, had to do with the cost of its union commitments ... clear the company was already very interested in building a second assembly line in South Carolina.” Do the math. If strikes are costing Boeing $100 million a day, they are going to be looking to relocate to a non-union state. ...

There's no place like home at 20th Century Woman

Michelle works for the state of South Carolina. A big part of Boeing is moving to Charleston, and she will be working on finding local people for the new Boeing to employ. She will have a fine new office with a fine view. ...

Is Enhanced Collaboration, or Something Else, Behind Boeing's ...

So Boeing's decision to relocate several hundred of its engineers from one Washington plant to another to bring them closer to plane designers and builders makes intuitive sense. ... However, The Wall Street Journal reported in November that Boeing is expanding facilities in South Carolina to house assembly of the Dreamliner. Though the WSJ reports "company officials have been careful to paint the move as an expansion of its facilities and not a shift away from Washington ...

Boeing's move to South Carolina cuts 787's costs, but risks labor ...

As I posted, Boeing (BA) is opening a plant in South Carolina to help build its 787 Dreamliner -- the up to 330-passenger aircraft whose scheduled delivery date has been delayed six times. BusinessWeek reports that Boeing is investing ...