OTHER NEWS - Dec. 13, 1991
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Convair Plant May Be Bought by Taiwan Firm: General Dynamics is reportedly negotiating with a Taiwanese company toward the eventual sale of a Convair plant in San Diego that builds fuselages for McDonnell Douglas planes. Taiwan Aerospace Corp. is already planning to buy a 40% stake in McDonnell’s commercial aircraft business. The sale, if completed, might jeopardize the jobs of 3,500 workers who build fuselages for the MD-11 at the Convair plant. Officials at United Auto Workers Local 148 in Long Beach said General Dynamics has entered preliminary negotiations with Taiwan Aerospace. A spokesman for General Dynamics declined to comment on “speculation” about the Convair plant’s future.
