Boeing to lay off 10% of workforce amid massive strike, financial woes

Aircraft giant Boeing According to the company, it will reduce 10% of its workforce and production of Slash in the coming months against the backdrop of major financial problems and constant strike.

Boeing that has encountered Door breakthrough at airline airline In January, The main losses are published In the third quarter of 2024.

“Our business is in a difficult situation, and it is difficult to overestimate the problems that we are faced with together,” said Kelly Ortberg, General Director of Boeing in a Friday note for employees received CNN. “The restoration of our company requires difficult solutions, and we will have to make structural changes so that we can remain competitive.”

Ortberg, who took his post in August after the CEO Dave Kalhun It remained against the background of intensive regulatory pressure, did not determine the exact number of dismissals that would occur, but noted that workers at all business levels could expect parts next week.

More than 33,000 Boeing workers in the vast majority voted for Allow the strike Last month. Almost 20% of the workforce of Baina suddenly ended up on the picket line. Their union International Association of Engineers and Aerospace Workers, I quoted the congestive wages, safety problems and an unfair practice of labor as the reason for stopping work.

Negotiations between Boeing and IAM are reported earlier this week, and Boeing recalled his last proposal to the Union. The work stop was given in the press release as a factor in dismissal, delay and termination of the production of several Boeing aircraft.

Representatives of other trade unions of Boeing employees were disappointed with the news of dismissal, and the company shakes the blame for amazing workers, and not managerial errors.

“Instead of resolving IAM Strike and focusing on the company's resources to restore the trust of regulators and customers, Boeing Leadership decided to harm each aspect of the company,” said Professional Engineers in the SEATTLE TIMES of the Society of Professional Engineers in the Aerosmic Director Ray Gofors.