Boeing to lay off 1,020, including in St. Louis St. Louis Business Journal - by Kelsey Volkmann Boeing issued 60-day layoff notices Friday to 1,020 employees, including some in St. Louis.
Fewer than 100 local workers in Boeing's St. Louis-based Defense, Space & Security unit are affected, said Dan Beck, a Boeing spokesman.
Most of the affected employees work in information technology as part of Boeing’s Engineering, Operations & Technology unit in Washington State and California, he said. Their last day of work will be in April.
This is part of Chicago-based Boeing (NYSE: BA)'s plan to cut 10,000 jobs companywide, including about 1,000 in the defense unit.
Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security, led by Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg, is the second-largest employer in St. Louis with $33.7 billion in revenue in 2009 and 16,000 local workers.
