Bad news headed Salina's way?
11/9/2009
A press conference is planned at 1:30 p.m. today at the M.J. Kennedy Terminal Building at the Salina Airport.
Tim Rogers, executive director of the Salina Airport Authority, will address the media on behalf of the city of Salina, Saline County, Salina Area Chamber of Commerce and the Salina Airport Authority, according to a news release issued Monday morning from the airport authority.
Representatives of the public entities will be present at the conference.
Dennis Lauver, president and CEO of the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, noted on his Facebook page today that he planned to “help deliver bad news” later today and has “been thinking about the people impacted.”
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bad news? says....
...And here I thought the bad news was about Sarah Palin coming to speak.
11/10/2009
te says....
It makes no difference if unions are here or not they can get the work done in mexico for $3hr even at min. wage the jobs are still going south.Blame nafta not the union's.
11/10/2009
Beth says....
get rid of the union which is also condolence of crime and we can all carry on fairly.It's just another tired special interest group
11/9/2009
great! says....
Get rid of the union and reduce wages and there you have it working for $2 hr
11/9/2009
dmjm says....
Salina you were worned this was coming and you still didn't believe it would happen. Wake up and do something about bringing skilled jobs to Salina.
11/9/2009
CJ says....
Hawker Beechcraft will close its Salina plant and move the work, the company is informing employees today. “We were informed today that the decision has been made to close the Salina facility,” Machinists union District 70 president Steve Rooney said this morning. “The union will be in discussions with the company to see if there’s things we can do to help save and preserve jobs in Kansas.”
11/9/2009
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We Love Sarah Palin says....
Is that all? I thought it was something REALLY bad, like having Obama or Bawney Fwank come to town!
11/12/2009
bad news? says....
...And here I thought the bad news was about Sarah Palin coming to speak.
11/10/2009
te says....
It makes no difference if unions are here or not they can get the work done in mexico for $3hr even at min. wage the jobs are still going south.Blame nafta not the union's.
11/10/2009
Beth says....
get rid of the union which is also condolence of crime and we can all carry on fairly.It's just another tired special interest group
11/9/2009
great! says....
Get rid of the union and reduce wages and there you have it working for $2 hr
11/9/2009
dmjm says....
Salina you were worned this was coming and you still didn't believe it would happen. Wake up and do something about bringing skilled jobs to Salina.
11/9/2009
CJ says....
Hawker Beechcraft will close its Salina plant and move the work, the company is informing employees today. “We were informed today that the decision has been made to close the Salina facility,” Machinists union District 70 president Steve Rooney said this morning. “The union will be in discussions with the company to see if there’s things we can do to help save and preserve jobs in Kansas.”
11/9/2009
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