Boeing's Washington State production site will be shut down indefinitely

(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Boeing's Washington State production site will be shut down indefinitely

China News Agency, San Francisco, April 5 (Xinhua)-Boeing of the United States issued a message on its official website on the 5th local time that it will suspend its production activities in Washington State until further notice.

Data map: Boeing 737 MAX series aircraft.

The Seattle Times reported that Boeing has about 70,000 employees in Washington State. The decision will affect about 30,000 people, most of whom are production workers. During the shutdown, the company will continue to take health and safety measures in its facilities. Employees who work from home will continue this office style.

Boeing said that in order to continue to pay attention to the health and safety of employees, the company made a decision to suspend work indefinitely based on a comprehensive assessment of the development of the new state of Washington's new pneumonia, the reliability of the supply chain and the recommendations of the government health department.

Stan Deere, President and CEO of Boeing Civil Aircraft Group, said: "The health and safety of our employees, their families and communities are our top priorities." He said that the company will continue to evaluate multiple factors during this time To ensure safe and orderly recovery of production.

The Seattle Times reported that on March 22, a Boeing employee died of new coronary pneumonia. Boeing said the next day that it would suspend its production activities in Washington State for a period of 14 days.

Although the company stipulates that employees' paid leave covers only 5 working days during the shutdown caused by certain external events (usually related to the weather), Boeing increases the employee's paid leave to 10 working days.

Boeing spokesman Bernard Cui said that after the two-week suspension announced earlier, the suspended employees can apply for paid leave (vacation or sick leave). He said Boeing will continue to provide medical benefits to all employees during the shutdown.

Because there was little revenue from commercial aircraft during the indefinite shutdown, the suspension of wages for more than 30,000 employees failed to prevent the company ’s financial crisis. Prior to the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, Boeing had been financially hit by the continued grounding of the 737MAX airliner. (Finish)