Boeing to send pink slips to thousands of workers within weeks as January layoffs loom: report

Boeing will send layoff notices to thousands of its employees within the coming weeks and a senior US official has flown to Seattle to encourage negotiations between the planemaker and the union, according to a report.Boeing will next month send 60-day notices to thousands of workers, including employees in its commercial aviation division, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.Those laid-off staffers will be booted out in mid-January, the source said.The aircraft-maker — which said Friday it plans to slash 17,000 jobs and take $5 billion in charges — may send a second phase of notices in December, the source said.Reports of the layoff notices come after Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg last week announced the company would be cutting 10% of its workforce.A spokesperson for the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace said the company told the union on Monday that it would issue 60-day notices to its members on Nov.

15.Boeing declined to comment on whether it will be sending 60-day notices out anytime soon.“We remain committed to finding a resolution to end the strike,” Boeing told The Post in a statement.“We will work with the union when they are ready to bargain an agreement that recognizes our employees and preserves our company’s future.”Meanwhile, acting US Labor Secretary Julie Su flew to Seattle – the site of the Boeing Everett Factory – days after the company unveiled the layoff plans.“Acting Secretary Su is meeting with both parties today to assess the situation and encourage both parties to move forward in the bargaining process,” a Department of Labor spokesperson said on Monday.Su has previously spoken with Boeing and the union, but this is her first time speaking to both sides of the bargaining at the same time.The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said its lead negotiator, Jon Holden, had updated Su on the talks and stressed the union’s commitment to a contract “that value...