Boeing will cut 2,199 workers in Washington beginning Dec. 20, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
Meanwhile, Boeing sites in Oregon, Colorado, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Arizona have announced job cuts as well, with layoffs beginning Jan. 17, 2025, according to the aircraft maker’s WARN letters.
In total, Boeing has announced layoffs for 3,509 workers across the seven states.
The job cuts are part of Boeing’s plans to reduce its workforce by 10%, roughly 17,000 employees, across locations worldwide.
The layoffs come as the company strives to preserve cash following a nearly two-months-long workers strike at its Washington and Oregon facilities. The work stoppage hurt Boeing’s finances, costing the company between $50 million and $150 million a day, according to aerospace consulting firm Leeham News and Analysis.
Boeing has also been spending billions of dollars to salvage its reputation and correct its safety and manufacturing processes after the Alaska Airlines doorplug blowout that occurred in January.
Although the strike ended after 53 days, the work stoppage caused the company to lose approximately $6.2 billion in cash in Q3, and Boeing expects to lose more money in Q4. The aircraft maker has taken steps to preserve finances, including selling billions of dollars in stock and signing a $10 billion credit agreement.
Boeing begins layoffs across US sites
Of the 2,199 impacted Washington workers, 425 are union members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, Bryan Corliss, SPEEA spokesman, said in an email to Manufacturing Dive. The company also laid off 13 other employees represented by the engineering union in Oregon and Utah or who work remotely.
SPEEA represents more than 17,000 employees working at Boeing in Washington, Oregon, California and Utah. The union also represents more than 2,000 workers at supplier Spirit AeroSystems in Kansas.
The union scheduled meetings as well as free classes to help impacted members find jobs, Corliss said. The classes are offered through SPEEA and Boeing as part of their contract.
“We're working in conjunction with the Washington State Labor Council, the Washington State Department of Employment Security and other agencies to help the laid-off workers understand their rights under our union contracts as well as how to navigate the process of applying for unemployment insurance benefits,” Corliss said.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include layoff information for Missouri and Arizona.
