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Saudi Companies to Make Parts for Lockheed's THAAD Defense System

According to Lockheed, these contracts will enhance manufacturing capabilities in Saudi Arabia and transfer expertise. (Lockheed website)
According to Lockheed, these contracts will enhance manufacturing capabilities in Saudi Arabia and transfer expertise. (Lockheed website)
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Saudi Companies to Make Parts for Lockheed's THAAD Defense System

According to Lockheed, these contracts will enhance manufacturing capabilities in Saudi Arabia and transfer expertise. (Lockheed website)
According to Lockheed, these contracts will enhance manufacturing capabilities in Saudi Arabia and transfer expertise. (Lockheed website)

US weapons maker Lockheed Martin has signed agreements for Saudi Arabian companies to manufacture parts of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the company said on Monday.
These sub-contracts will enhance manufacturing capabilities in Saudi Arabia and transfer expertise to strengthen the country’s defense industry, Lockheed said in a statement.
The main conditions of the THAAD defense system purchase agreement, provide for work localization in Saudi Arabia to be in line with the Saudi Vision 2030’s priorities.
Saudi Arabia benefits from these strategies through quality international defense partnerships with Lockheed Martin and with other major manufacturers of innovative equipment that brings common interest for concerned parties.

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Starbucks Workers Expand Strike in US Cities Including New York

Starbucks workers hold signs as they picket during a strike in front of a Starbucks to demand collective bargaining agreements in Burbank, California on December 20, 2024. (AFP)
Starbucks workers hold signs as they picket during a strike in front of a Starbucks to demand collective bargaining agreements in Burbank, California on December 20, 2024. (AFP)
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Starbucks Workers Expand Strike in US Cities Including New York

Starbucks workers hold signs as they picket during a strike in front of a Starbucks to demand collective bargaining agreements in Burbank, California on December 20, 2024. (AFP)
Starbucks workers hold signs as they picket during a strike in front of a Starbucks to demand collective bargaining agreements in Burbank, California on December 20, 2024. (AFP)

Starbucks workers have expanded their strike to four more US cities, including New York, the union representing over 10,000 baristas said late on Saturday.

The five-day strike, which began on Friday and initially closed Starbucks cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, has added New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis, Workers United said in a statement. It did not say where the New Jersey walkout was occurring.

Starbucks did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours.

Talks between the coffee chain and the union hit an impasse with unresolved issues over wages, staffing and schedules, leading to the strike.

The union is striking in 10 cities, also including Columbus, Denver and Pittsburgh, during the busy holiday season that may impact the company's Christmas sales.

Workers United warned on Friday that the strike could reach "hundreds of stores" by Tuesday, Christmas Eve.

Starbucks began negotiations with the union in April. It said this month it had conducted more than eight bargaining sessions, during which 30 agreements had been reached.

The company operates more than 11,000 stores in the United States, employing about 200,000 workers.