Strikes and walkouts have been plaguing East and Gulf Coast shipping for months now, with workers abandoning their posts rather than working without pay. You would expect these sorts of disruptions to impact the shipping business, but it turns out that it’s impacting the airlines as well. Boeing has announced the cancellation of thousands of temporary furloughs that were scheduled to take place and will instead lay off more than 10,000 workers. The company’s new CEO announced yesterday that ten percent of the company’s workforce will be let go, with the layoffs impacting management and line employees. The cuts will be particularly hard in Washington and South Carolina. (NY Post)
Boeing plans to lay off about 10% of its workers in the coming months, about 17,000 people, as it continues to lose money and tries to deal with a strike that is crippling production of the company’s…
