SPEEA’s Executive Board on Thursday unanimously rejected a written request from the Boeing Co. to include engineers and technical workers represented by the union in its planned furloughs of non-union workers.

Boeing faces more problems with Wednesday’s announcement that the company will furlough thousands of employees to save money as union workers in the Pacific Northwest go on strike. While it’s hard to know how the strike and furloughs at Boeing will affect suppliers like Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita since we don’t know how long the strike will last,

Boeing said on Wednesday it will temporarily furlough tens of thousands of employees after about 30,000 machinists went on strike on Friday, halting production of its 737 MAX and other airplanes. “We are initiating temporary furloughs over the coming days that will impact a large number of US-based executives, managers and employees,” CEO Kelly Ortberg

For a company that has lost $33 billion since 2019, a strike that virtually halts production of its major product is the last thing it needs. But that’s the reality for embattled aircraft maker Boeing. How long the strike lasts will determine how serious the problems are for Boeing. If the strike lasts a week

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