A Wichita company has announced plans to furlough 56 employees because of the ongoing strikes against Boeing and Textron.
Cox Machine makes precision aerospace parts and assemblies for military and commercial customers. Cox supplies Spirit Aerosystems, which is a major supplier for Boeing.
The company said it anticipates the return of the employees as industry conditions improve. The remaining workers will be placed on a shared work program.
Striking machinists have rejected what Boeing called its “best and final offer.” That’s as the weeks-long standoff between the aerospace giant and more than 33-thousand workers continues to drag on. Union officials took to social media to say that negations broke off over the weekend. Meanwhile Boeing announced this week that factory workers who are currently on strike would lose their company-paid healthcare benefits at the end of the day if they failed to return to work.
