Boeing Layoffs 2024 Washington State Usa. Boeing plans to freeze hiring and reduce travel and is considering temporary layoffs to save cash during a factory worker strike that began last week, the company. A first batch of 6,770 involuntary layoffs at boeing, added to more than 5,500 voluntary buyouts, means it will cut almost 12,300 jobs companywide.

Because that impact is felt mostly in the commercial airplanes division, washington state is set to take a bigger hit, with more than 15% of jobs here to be cut,. Boeing wing mechanic lead lee lara, who has worked for the company for 16 years, yells in response to honks from passing drivers as workers wave picket signs.