McNerney -- Boeing will hold firm on strike

Boeing CEO and Chariman jim McNerney on Monday sent another email to employees, this time specifically about the strike. It comes on a day when Boeing's stock dropped to a 4-year low on concerns the strike could last into November or December. I'll have much more on the strike-related events later today. Many of you responded to my column last week on the crisis in the financial markets with questions and comments about the ongoing strike in the Pacific Northwest and Kansas, which has now entered its fifth week. I understand and share the frustration so many of you feel when we don't have the whole team together working to meet the commitments we've made to our customers and competing to win the new business that will sustain and grow Boeing jobs for years to come. There should be no doubting our intentions at this time; we... [read full story]