Boeing hiring more than 100 factory workers a week to grow output, replace retirees
Source: Reuters
Boeing ...is hiring around 100 to 140 factory workers a week, the highest pace since 2024, as the U.S. jetmaker replaces retirees and increases staffing to support higher production rates and new models, a union leader said.
Boeing's unionized factory workers in the Pacific Northwest now number more than 34,000 and are "heading higher," Jon Holden told Reuters in his first interview as a vice president specializing in training and apprenticeships at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
"We're seeing strong interest as we hire in Puget Sound and across the enterprise to support our production rate increases," a Boeing spokesperson said in an email to Reuters.
The IAM represented about 33,000 Boeing workers in the region in 2024 when Holden headed that local union during a seven-week strike over a new contract.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/boeing-hiring-more-than-100-factory-workers-week-grow-output-replace-retirees-2026-04-16/
By Allison Lampert and Dan Catchpole
April 16, 20266:02 AM EDT
Updated 4 hours ago