Boeing to lay off 17,000 workers, delay 777X rollout amid machinists strike

11 Oct 2024, 22:33 by Don Jacobson · UPI

Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Boeing will lay off 17,000 workers and delay the introduction of its 777X wide-body plane until 2026, CEO Kelly Ortberg revealed Friday amid an increasingly bitter five-week-old machinist strike.

Ortberg wrote in a company memo that Boeing will idle roughly 10% of its total workforce over a period of months, including executives, managers and employees.