Jun. According to a labour union representing those people, Spirit AeroSystems notified 282 daily people last year that they were being laid off.
The International Association of Machinists , and , Aerospace Workers Local Lodge 839 , said Thursday that 310 people had their last day Thursday but will be paid through , July 4 , and get their next search on , July 11. Benefits may stay in place until , July 31. Of the 310, 28 took a deliberate lay off.
Wichita ‘s , largest boss told employees last month that it planned to drop off between 400 and 450 employees in , Wichita , in the coming weeks because of lagging shipping rates, which resulted from a greater assessment operation after a faulty door lock blew out of an , Alaska Airlines , 737 Max half- flight in January.
” To adapt to evolving customer demands and balance our financial situation, Spirit made the difficult decision to reduce its hourly production workforce in , Wichita, Kansas , by approximately 300″, Spirit spokesperson , Joe Buccino , said in an email. Due to high inventory levels, these changes were necessary to halt our commercial program operations.
Spirit ‘s , Wichita , plant last had major layoffs in 2020, when 5, 000 employees were let go amid flight groundings from the pandemic. Spirit’s peak , Wichita , employment was 13, 200 before the worldwide grounding of the 737 MAX in 2019 after two crashes killed 346 people.
Spirit currently has about 12, 000 employees in , Wichita.
Contributing:  , Matthew Kelly , with The Eagle
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