Airplane manufacturer, Boeing is laying off nearly 70 people.
The Boeing Company filed a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry informing the state it is laying off employees at its facility located at Stewart Avenue and Industrial Highway in Ridley Township, Delaware County, near Ridley Park. The layoffs are expected to begin on August 16.
A Boeing spokesperson said the layoffs are related to the Space Launch System program at the company’s New Orleans location with a small portion of the 69 positions located at the Ridley Park facility. Most of the layoffs are occurring in New Orleans, the spokesperson said.
The layoffs include 35 aircraft technicians, eight assemblers, one engineering multi-skill manager, eight inspectors, six janitors, one manufacturing manager, eight painters and two mechanics.
The WARN Act is federal legislation that offers protection to workers, their families, and communities by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of a covered-business closing and covered-business mass layoff. The WARN notice was undated but was issued more than 60 days before the expected layoffs. The company said the layoffs were announced to the workforce in March.
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