Boeing strike protests outsourcing airplane parts

An article in the Los Angeles Times on a strike by members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, who are protesting because 60-70 percent of Boeing's next-generation 787 Dreamliner will be made overseas, quotes David Pritchard, research associate in the Canada-United State Trade Center within the Department of Geography, who says Boeing is sowing the seeds of its own destruction by sharing valuable technology with foreign governments intent on setting up their own aerospace industry. Go to article .