ST. LOUIS — The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is shedding 111 union employees within the St. Louis space, bringing up a lengthen within the first supply of the 777X industrial airplane till 2026 as an alternative of 2025.
The workers left paintings Thursday once they have been knowledgeable about being laid off. They’re going to be paid till Jan. 17 and likewise retain their well being advantages till then, mentioned Tom Boelling, president of the World Affiliation of Machinists and Aerospace Staff District 837.
Of the 111 employees, 104 are meeting mechanics and 7 are procedure mechanics who paint portions. Maximum of them labored on production composite portions for the 777X, which is assembled on the Boeing manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington, amongst the ones close down via the new strike.
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