Boeing News Rumors Layoffs 2024. The layoffs and production changes come amid a labor dispute at boeing, with 33,000 machinists going on strike in september after failing to agree on a contract. Boeing is temporarily furloughing executives and other nonunion workers to save cash during the strike by 33,000 members of the international association of machinists, ceo.
Boeing plans to lay off about 10% of its workers in the coming months, about 17,000 people, as it continues to lose money and tries to deal with a strike that is crippling. Thousands of boeing staff members will get layoff notices within weeks, a union and industry sources said, as a senior u.s.