Posted on 08/28/2020 2:44:29 PM PDT by karpov
Boeing is seeking to increase black US employees throughout the company by 20 percent and mandate benchmarks for hiring people of color, Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told employees in a memo on Friday reviewed by Reuters.
US corporations have become more responsive to complaints related to racial equality following a summer of sweeping anti-racism protests over the slaying of black people by police.
The changes at Boeing, a stalwart defense contractor with its corporate headquarters in Chicago and largest factories in Washington state and South Carolina, appeared to mark the first concrete steps by the planemaker to address the issue.
We understand we have work to do, Calhoun said in the memo, which was released on the 57th anniversary of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jrs I Have a Dream speech and included references to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday.
Boeing declined to provide its current number of black employees or a timeline for the new target.
The planemaker separately has had to lay off thousands of workers as it grapples with the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and the 17-month-old grounding of the 737 MAX after two fatal crashes.
In the memo, Calhoun said the company would establish an internal Racial Justice think-tank to guide its policies.
On June 23, a manager at Boeings Everett factory found racist symbols at his work station, according to an email from Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Stan Deal to employees seen by Reuters. The manager is black, a person familiar with the incident said.
The company launched an internal investigation and referred the matter to police, Deal said, calling the incident disheartening and a stark reminder of how far our society has to go.
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Affirmative action employees ? No thanks ! Next time I have to fly, I will take the ‘bus.
Are the East Indians now going to be the same as White Hispanics?
Just have 20% of the white engineers identify as black. Problem solved.
This country is becoming South Africa.
Tell the rabid left wing teachers to teach math and science properly instead of Social Hate classes and you might get qualified applicants of all colors.
They need some layoffs in HQ and public relations to make room.
Lets bring in the engineers who came in X in their class, not the Asian kid that got a 4.0. That will certainly make their airplanes fly better.
said Biden to Kameltoe.
More racist Affirmative Action BS........
Hiring based on the color of someone’s skin, a successful working business model, no doubt one used to make/build those lame a** 737 Max’s..........
More discrimination against whites. This must not continue
Extremely disappointed Boeing. Extremely. If I had any intention of ever flying commercial again I'd say something about avoiding your aircraft. Of course there aren't a lot of other choices. Good thing I've already given up flying. Now I guess I'll just hope none of your stuff falls on me.
Short Boeing stock
Like I needed another reason to never again set foot on a plane.
Its comforting to know that the plane Im in at 30,000 feet has been designed or built by somebody who was hired for his skin color rather than qualifications and competence.
I really do not want to see Boeing fail, but doing crap like this leads to failure. The most effective and profitable businesses are able to singularly focus on a vision. Perhaps their vision is watered down with a bunch of diversity and social justice bull schiff. When I earned my degree in business it was well before PC, multiculturalism, diversity, social justice, etc. Day one of college I learned that the purpose of business is to “maximize shareholder wealth.” I suppose those words are not recognized by many these days.
“Why dont they instead just fire 30% of the white employees to teach them crackers a lesson?”
They are laying off another bunch of people, so I wonder how they’ll hire more blacks.
“The manager is black.”
I know some engineers and managers at Boeing. Based on their lifestyles I’m guessing they make upwards of $150,000 a year. But yeah - give him another $30k a year because of the color of his skin.
Tokenism is a Black Privilege. There is no White equivalent.
I hope they “at least” hire competent QC inspectors, and make damn sure inferior components are NOT introduced in to the supply chain.
Boeing should hire SpaceX to tow the Boeing Starliner capsule to the ISS.
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