Boeing Is Cutting 1,800 Seattle-Area Factory, Engineering Jobs
777 airplanes are manufactured at a Boeing Co. facility in Everett, Washington on Monday, June 1, 2015.
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Boeing Co. is shrinking its Seattle-area workforce by at least 1,800 jobs this year as the company streamlines operations in a brutally competitive commercial-aircraft market.
The planemaker approved voluntary layoffs for 1,500 mechanics, according to a person familiar with the situation who asked not to be named because it hasn’t been made public. Another 305 engineers and technical workers are leaving voluntarily, Bill Dugovich, a spokesman for their union, said Thursday.