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Boeing has laid off nearly 2,200 workers in Washington state so far
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Boeing has laid off nearly 2,200 workers in Washington state so far

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing’s A notice filed Monday with the Washington Department of Employment Security said 2,199 workers have been laid off in the state so far and that those cuts will eventually occur. total about 17,000 companywide.

The aerospace giant announced in October that it planned to cut nearly 10% of its workforce in the coming months as it tries to recover from the crisis. financial and regulatory Troubles are also one Machinists’ strike This took almost two months.

The planned cuts include workers at Boeing facilities across the country, from Washington to Missouri and Arizona to South Carolina. The Seattle Times reported. It also appeared to affect employees in Boeing’s three divisions: commercial aircraft, defense and global services.

Before last week’s layoff announcements, Boeing had 66,000 employees in Washington.

Layoffs so far include notices sent out last week. More than 400 members From Boeing’s professional aerospace union, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA. Workers will remain on the payroll until mid-January.

Boeing’s unionized machinists began returning to work early the following month: strike.

The strike strained Boeing’s finances. But CEO Kelly Ortberg said on a call with analysts in October that it did not result in layoffs, which she described as a result of overstaffing.

Boeing, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia financial distress since then two accidents The 737 Max jetliner killed 346 people each in 2018 and 2019. panel exploded body Alaska Airlines flight in January.

Production rates slowed down and the Federal Aviation Administration limited production of the 737 MAX to 38 planes per month; This was a threshold Boeing had not yet reached when the machinists’ strike halted assembly lines.