Hundreds of people protested Boeing’s military contracts outside the Aerospace and Defense Summit in Seattle on Tuesday.
The rally happened around 12 p.m. at a park near the Seattle Convention Center.According to the Convention Center’s website, 2,000 people are expected to attend the Aerospace and Defense Supplier Summit this week.However, center officials told FOX 13 News the entire convention went online on Tuesday. They did not give a reason for the change.Organizers for the summit refused to answer questions, and their website was down all day.
This rally continues a trend of Boeing’s name appearing in negative headlines, regardless of whether the company is truly at fault.Boeing has had a terrible year for publicity since the January incident where a door plug blew off an in-flight Alaska Airlines plane made by the company.
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