Title: Boeing: Corporate Rap Sheet | Corporate Research Project
Headings: Boeing: Corporate Rap Sheet
Boeing: Corporate Rap Sheet
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Content: As the process of repairing the systems dragged on, losses for Boeing mounted and lawsuits against the company were filed. There were also revelations that while the jet was being developed the Federal Aviation Administration delegated oversight of the process largely to Boeing itself. Later it came out that there was internal discussion at Boeing about the the anti-stall problems before the crashes occurred. A September 2020 report by the Democratic majority on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee sharply criticized both Boeing and the FAA. In December 2020 the 737 Max was put back in service by some U.S. airlines. The following month the company agreed to pay $2.5 billion and entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve criminal allegations of conspiring to defraud the FAA. Labor
Like all the major aerospace companies, Boeing was less than enthusiastic about the unionization of its employees. The International Association of Machinists did, however, eventually succeed in winning collective bargaining rights for many of the company's production workers. The bargaining power of the Machinists ha