Boeing to Layoff but only in Union SEA

Boeing said Friday it will lay off some 800 machinists by the end of this year as workforce needs on its newest jet programs, the 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 jumbo jet, are reduced.
Company spokesman Doug Alder said other reductions will be made through attrition so that the total number of positions cut this year will be between 2,000 and 2,300.
“We always expected employment requirements would come down on these programs after we stabilized production,” Alder said. “That’s what’s happening.”
The news, which was delivered to managers in Everett and to union officials Friday morning, comes as a shock to others because Boeing jet production is set to soar this year. The Non-UNION GSP plant will have no inpact..