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To: porcupine --''''> who wrote (319)	5/14/1998 6:45:00 PM
From: porcupine --''''>	Respond to of 1722

Boeing Delta II to Launch Last Deployment Mission for Iridium(R) System PR Newswire - May 13, 1998 20:24 HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- A Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle will lift five Iridium telecommunications satellites into orbit Friday, May 15, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to complete the last deployment mission for the Iridium system. The five-second launch window opens at 2:28 p.m. PDT. The launch will be the ninth by Boeing (NYSE: BA) in a series of missions for Motorola, builder of the Iridium system satellites. Since May 1997, Boeing Delta II rockets have carried 40 Iridium system satellites into orbit. Delta rockets are credited with 15 successful launches during the past 12 months, placing 53 satellites into orbit. Nine of the 15 launches were for the Iridium system. Iridium(R) is a registered trademark and service mark of Iridium LLC (C) 1998. SOURCE The Boeing Company

To: porcupine --''''> who wrote (319)	5/19/1998 1:33:00 PM
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Boeing workers in Kansas reject union WICHITA, Kan., May 14 (Reuters) - Boeing Co. technical, financial and clerical workers in Kansas voted down union representation Thursday after a yearlong organizing campaign by two labor groups, an official said. The effort to organize about 4,800 salaried employees at Boeing's Wichita facility was rejected by 56 percent of those voting, said Charles Bofferding, executive director of the Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Association. The independent Seattle-based union was supported by 26 percent of those voting, while the Teamsters won support from 18 percent. A total of 4,249 voted, or 88 percent of those eligible. Bofferding said the union organizing campaign was the largest in the nation this year. Bofferding said he was disappointed by what he called aggressive anti-union tactics employed by Boeing to win the election. He said the unions campaigned on a platform of getting a contract for the employees to preserve health insurance levels and other benefits. SPEEA represents 25,000 Boeing workers, including 1,300 at the Wichita facility.