Boeing is slated to lay off more than 2,000 workers in Washington and Oregon following an announcement from the company saying it plans to cut 17,000 jobs, or about 10% of its global workforce.
The planned layoffs became known following a filing from the aerospace giant to the Washington State Employment Security Department. The department’s worker adjustment and retaining notification layoff and disclosure database says the date for layoffs will be Dec. 20.
According to the database, 2,199 workers in Washington will be impacted. According to reporting from Reuters , about 438 members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) received layoff notices last week…