LONG BEACH, Calif.—Troubled aerospace giant Boeing has announced more than 500 layoffs across California, including 115 workers in Long Beach and 144 in El Segundo, who are learning Wednesday they will be out of work.
According to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, notices filed with the state Employment Development Department last month, the company also plans to lay off nearly 180 people from a pair of Seal Beach facilities, and 57 more in Huntington Beach. Additional cuts are planned from facilities in San Diego.
“As we announced in early October, we are adjusting our workforce levels to align with our financial reality and a more focused set of priorities,” according to a company statement released Tuesday and reported by Long Beach Watchdog.
The Watchdog reported that most of the affected workers will leave within two months of being notified, and eligible workers will receive severance pay, job-search assistance and three months of subsidized health care.
The Seattle Times reported that about 3,500 workers nationally were being impacted by layoffs at the Arlington, Virginia-based company.
The company has been reeling since a panel fell off of a Boeing-manufactured Alaska Airlines plane mid-flight in January. It was further hampered by nearly two-month machinists strike, although the company has denied that the work stoppage contributed to the layoffs.
The list of layoffs by location includes Seal Beach with 179 layoffs, El Segundo 144, Long Beach 115, Huntington Beach 57, and San Diego 21.
Smaller or even single layoffs were also taking place in Fullerton, Mission Viejo, Murrieta, Victorville, El Monte, Van Nuys, Palmdale, Ventura, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Edwards Air Force Base, Sacramento, San Jose, Pleasanton, Lemoore, and Mountain View.
