Boeing started laying off employees at its St. Louis-area facilities this week.
The company confirmed via email that it began notifying workers of layoffs that will take effect in mid-January.
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Boeing declined to say how many employees would be affected, but local union officials told the that 111 union workers received the notices. The company employs approximately 17,000 people at its three facilities in the St. Louis region.
The company says workers will receive severance pay and subsidized health care benefits for up to three months after their employment ends.
Boeing that it would be laying off about 10% of its workforce, about 17,000 employees nationwide. That announcement came that crippled production at its Pacific Northwest factories that manufacture commercial aircraft.
