12:57 PM EDT, 09/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Boeing ( BA ) plans to temporarily furlough workers in the coming days, including US-based executives and managers, according to media reports Wednesday.

Boeing ( BA ) Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg told employees in a memo that some workers will take one week of furlough every four weeks on a rolling basis as the aircraft maker navigates an ongoing strike.

More than 30,000 machinists went on strike on Friday in Seattle and Portland after rejecting a tentative labor deal.

Ortberg and the Boeing ( BA ) leadership team will also take a pay cut for the duration of the strike, according to the memo.

Boeing ( BA ) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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