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Boeing furloughs thousands as no progress made to resolve strike

Selected employees will take one week of furlough every four weeks on a rolling basis for the duration of the strike by some 30,000 machinists, which began last Friday.

Boeing said on Wednesday it will temporarily furlough tens of thousands of employees after about 30,000 machinists went on strike on Friday, halting production of its best-selling 737 MAX and other airplanes. "We are initiating temporary furloughs over the coming days that will impact a large number of U.S.

-based executives, managers and employees," CEO Kelly Ortberg said in an email to employees. "We are planning for selected employees to take one week of furlough every four weeks on a rolling basis for the duration of the strike." The strike, Boeing's first since 2008, adds to a tumultuous year for the planemaker, which began when a door panel blew off a new 737 MAX jet in midair in January.

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