OAN Staff James Myers
8:40am – Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Aerospace giant Boeing will lay off more than 2,000 employees in Washington and Oregon, cutting 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as part of a major cost-cutting initiative.
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Boeing also reported last week that it notified layoffs to 220 employees who assemble 787 Dreamliner aircraft at its facility in Charleston, South Carolina. WCBD-TV.
Additionally, Boeing said in a notice filed with the Washington Department of Employment Security that it has already cut 2,199 employees in the state.
More than 2,500 workers in Washington, Oregon, Missouri and South Carolina are expected to be affected by Boeing's decision to cut 17,000 jobs worldwide.
Boeing in October announced plans to cut nearly 10% of its workforce in the coming months as the company struggles to recover from financial problems and a nearly two-month machinist strike.
Additionally, the planned layoffs include employees at Boeing facilities across the United States, including Washington, Missouri, Arizona and South Carolina. seattle times Reported.
The job cuts will affect employees in all three of Boeing's global services, commercial aviation and defense divisions.
The layoffs so far come after more than 400 members of Boeing's aerospace professional union, the Aerospace Engineers Association, were notified last week.
However, employees will continue to be paid until mid-January.
Boeing's new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, said on a conference call with analysts in October that the layoffs were the result of overstaffing.
Boeing, meanwhile, has been in financial trouble since two 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people.
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