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"Boeing said Friday it will lay off some 800 machinists by the end of this year as workforce needs on its newest jet programs, the 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 jumbo jet, are reduced.
Company spokesman Doug Alder said that other reductions will be made through attrition so that the total number of positions cut this year will be between 2,000 and 2,300."
The article was specific in noting that these reductions are for personnel working on change incorporation for early-build airframes to bring them up to specification. As the number of those airframes needing said work is reduced, the need for staff is reduced as well.
Heck, the IAM themselves said the reductions were "nothing to be alarmed about" because the demand in other aerospace industries for those workers is so strong they should quickly find new positions.