Boeing Co (NYSE:BA, ETR:BCO) has moved to lay off 2,500 staff in the US under plans for sweeping cuts unveiled last month.
Almost 2,200 staff in Washington alone have been issued layoff notices, alongside a further 220 in South Carolina, with Boeing building commercial jets in the two states.
Staff across Missouri and Oregon have also been told of cuts, which come under a wider cost-cutting plan to axe 17,000 roles or 10% of the plane maker’s workers.
Boeing firmed up the cuts in an official filing on Monday, after unions reported that hundreds of their members had been issued layoff notices in recent days.
The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace on Monday said over 400 workers, including engineers, scientists, analysts and technicians, had been informed their employment would end in mid-January.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers also reported of over 100 notices being sent to staff, many of which worked on the delayed 777X jet.
Boeing laid out the plans for cuts last month in a bid to turn around fortunes after grappling with regulatory pressure and growing losses this year, as well as an eight-week strike by machinists most recently.