SEATTLE Nov 20 - Boeing ( BA ) issued lay off notices to 692
workers in Missouri, home to the company's Defense, Space &
Security division, according to a federally-required filing
posted on Wednesday, as part of the debt-heavy U.S. planemaker's
plan to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce.
Including these layoffs, the company has issued 60-day notices
to at least 3,100 U.S. workers in Washington, Oregon, South
Carolina and Missouri, according to filings. Nearly 2,200 layoff
notices went to workers in Washington and another 220 in South
Carolina, the two states where Boeing ( BA ) builds commercial
airliners.