New article in Salina Journal

From Reporter Michael Strand:

It has all the elements of a good conspiracy -- a plan with a code name that is at once secretive, descriptive and even alliterative; a plan that includes timelines, flow charts, organizational charts and strategies for keeping the plan under wraps until it's too late.

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"There's no reason to move this work -- these companies are highly successful," Wood said, adding that there are differences between the modern American aerospace industry and the moribund auto industry of the 1970s.

"We're the innovators, at the top of our game," he said. "Aerospace is the last great American industry."

Over the next few months, he said, the union plans to take the issue of outsourcing to lawmakers and the community -- and to make it an issue during contract negotiations in October.

"I hear them say, 'It was nothing, it was nothing,' " he said. "But what I also hear is that they won't rule it out. My question is, are Wichitans, and Salinans, willing to make the noise to stop this?"

Click the link to read the rest of the article; it's a good one.

Make no mistake: This story will not die, it's just beginning.