Boeing to lay off tens of thousands of workers due to strike at plant – Reuters

The post refers to a letter from the aerospace corporation’s CEO, Kelly Ortberg, who announced the layoffs. They will affect many leaders and managers. The rest of the staff has been asked not to work every four weeks during this time. The company chief also said that he and other Boeing executives “will take proportional pay cuts for the duration of the strike.”

According to him, the company will not interfere with the reinstatement of the dismissed employees once the strike ends and the parties reach an agreement.

These actions by Boeing management, as noted in the publication, show their willingness to engage in long and complex negotiations. It is noted that after the first meeting, a representative of the workers reported his disappointment, as no significant progress was made during the meeting and there is no new information on the date;

For the first time since 2008, workers at the Seattle-area plant where the 737 MAX aircraft is assembled have gone on strike. They were not satisfied with the 25% wage increase; they are demanding a 40% raise.

In the spring of 2024, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, the company’s president, and other top executives resigned following a series of scandals involving 737 aircraft failures.