CORONAVIRUS | Boeing is estimated to employ about 160,000 workers globally.
| Boeing said it will reduce its workforce by about 10 percent amid economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic.
CEO Dave Calhoun said new reductions in production rates and the continued effect of Covid-19 on business is forcing the move, Turkey’s"We have begun taking action to lower our number of employees by roughly 10 percent through a combination of voluntary layoffs, natural turnover and involuntary layoffs as necessary," Calhoun said in a video message to employees, according to The Hill website.
The US economy also shrank 4.8 percent in the first quarter from January through March, the biggest decline since the Great Recession. "Please know that we will do everything we can to minimise that impact, and as we take these steps, we will be as fair and transparent as possible – and absolutely honest and respectful," said Calhoun.
As of Wednesday, more than one million people have been infected in the US and nearly 60,000 have died from Covid-19, according to Johns Hopkins University in the state of Maryland.
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