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26th Oct 2012, 19:29
Boeing is actively encouraging its suppliers to outsource work to Mexico.
Patrick McKenna, director of Supply Chain Strategy and Supplier Management at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has urged suppliers to attend a Nov. 15 workshop in Chicago to learn how to do business in Mexico.
"Several of our suppliers have successfully set up factories in Mexico because of the numerous advantages that Mexico offers to aerospace suppliers," McKenna wrote in a letter dated Oct. 17. "Boeing will be sending several people to this event, and we wanted to inform our supply base of this opportunity."
The event's organizers will waive the $200 registration fees for Boeing suppliers, he said.
Boeing's invitation comes near the end of a presidential-election campaign in which the outsourcing of U.S. jobs is a hot issue.
President Obama has accused Republican contender Mitt Romney of investing in "pioneers of outsourcing" when he headed Bain Capital.
Romney has promised to reduce outsourcing by lowering corporate taxes and cutting business regulation to "make sure it's attractive to come to America again."
Tom Wroblewski, president of District 751 of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), reacted to the letter in political terms.
"We'd think that Boeing CEO Jim McNerney, as chairman of President Obama's council on exports, would be particularly sensitive to the importance of exporting American products, not jobs," said Wroblewski, via email. "We plan on talking to Boeing about this. We believe it is counterproductive to what we are trying to accomplish here."
Boeing invites suppliers to conference on outsourcing to Mexico | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times (http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019526318_boeingoutsource26.html)
Patrick McKenna, director of Supply Chain Strategy and Supplier Management at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, has urged suppliers to attend a Nov. 15 workshop in Chicago to learn how to do business in Mexico.
"Several of our suppliers have successfully set up factories in Mexico because of the numerous advantages that Mexico offers to aerospace suppliers," McKenna wrote in a letter dated Oct. 17. "Boeing will be sending several people to this event, and we wanted to inform our supply base of this opportunity."
The event's organizers will waive the $200 registration fees for Boeing suppliers, he said.
Boeing's invitation comes near the end of a presidential-election campaign in which the outsourcing of U.S. jobs is a hot issue.
President Obama has accused Republican contender Mitt Romney of investing in "pioneers of outsourcing" when he headed Bain Capital.
Romney has promised to reduce outsourcing by lowering corporate taxes and cutting business regulation to "make sure it's attractive to come to America again."
Tom Wroblewski, president of District 751 of the International Association of Machinists (IAM), reacted to the letter in political terms.
"We'd think that Boeing CEO Jim McNerney, as chairman of President Obama's council on exports, would be particularly sensitive to the importance of exporting American products, not jobs," said Wroblewski, via email. "We plan on talking to Boeing about this. We believe it is counterproductive to what we are trying to accomplish here."
Boeing invites suppliers to conference on outsourcing to Mexico | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times (http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019526318_boeingoutsource26.html)