Boeing to move 300 jobs to South Carolina

AmericanBazaarOnline ^ | 2/4/26

[CFW]

It looks like the embattled airline Boeing may be looking for a fresh start in South Carolina. Boeing told employees last week that it plans to consolidate 787 engineering work in South Carolina as it ramps up production of its popular twin-aisle jet, the union representing its engineers said on Wednesday.

“Boeing regularly evaluates and adjusts its workforce to stay aligned to our commitments to our customers and communities,” a Boeing spokesperson said in an email.

A Boeing spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday that in addition to adding engineers in South Carolina, the company plans to hire engineers in Washington, to support production rate increases of its popular single-aisle 737 jet.

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According to the union representing Boeing engineers, the move could involve approximately 300 engineering jobs being shifted from Washington state, where Boeing has historically maintained a large workforce for the 787 program.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: boeing; economy; washingtonst; woke

[CFW]

I think I've figured out why blue states no longer care if businesses leave their areas. They figure that they can just get what they need or want from taxpayers through fraud. Let the companies move. Who cares?

[ClearCase_guy]

Red States create wealth.
Blue States redistribute wealth from taxpayers to Me.

[Jonty30]

Creates a dependent population, which keeps them in power.

[CFW]

A selection from just the past few years.

Companies Leaving California:

Chevron: Relocating headquarters to Texas.
Tesla: Moved headquarters to Texas.
SpaceX: Moving operations to Texas.
Oracle: Moved headquarters to Texas.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE): Moved headquarters to Texas.
Charles Schwab: Moved headquarters to Texas.
Toyota Motor North America: Moved headquarters to Texas.
Blue Diamond Growers: Closing Sacramento manufacturing plant.
Leprino Foods: Closing Central Valley plant for Texas.
Anheuser-Busch: Closing Fairfield, CA brewery.
GAF Energy: Relocating to Texas.
Aeromax: Moved to Texas.

Companies Leaving Illinois:

Caterpillar: Moved headquarters to Texas.
Citadel: Moved headquarters to Florida.
Boeing: Moved headquarters to Virginia.

Companies Leaving Other Areas:

Coinbase: Leaving Delaware for Texas.
Remington: Moving to Georgia.

[cgbg]

The term for that is the “Curley effect”.

https://www.econlib.org/archives/2012/05/curley_effect_i.html

[Scrambler Bob]

Fly them, or drive them?

[No name given]

Good question.

[PilotDave]

Airline?

[Freedumb]

Hellinois also lost:

*Tyson Foods moved its headquarters from Chicago to Arkansas
*TTX Company (Railcar and freight management) moved from Chicago to North Carolina
*The Chicago Stock Exchange (est. 1882) moved to Dallas and renamed itself NYSE Texas.

Great job there Mayor Brandon.

[spintreebob]

“300 engineering jobs” ... mostly Republican voters.

Lindsay Graham is challenged by the former governor in the Republican primary.

This is the way the SWAMP thinks. How can I create indebtedness.

[spintreebob]

CHIK-FIL-A ....... moved from Georgia to every state
Jackson Healthcare moved from Georgia to every state.

[llevrok]

Tax’d out of Seattle and Washington state.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Mostly engineers??

They should get rid of most of the higher level DEI management, and put real engineers in their place.

[XRdsRev]

This is not a red state / blue state issue. I know everyone wants to make it that but they are wrong.

Boeing is moving 787 engineering from Washington to South Carolina because the production lines for that plane model is already in SC and has been for years. They do not make 787’s in Washington.

The 737 production line which is in Renton Washington is ramping up and they are hiring more personnel for that effort also. The Washington state production line cranks out about twice as many aircraft as the South Carolina production line in North Charleston.