Boeing (NYSE:BA) is ramping up recruitment, adding roughly 100 to 140 factory workers each week—the quickest hiring pace seen since 2024—as the aerospace group replaces retiring staff and boosts headcount to support rising production and upcoming aircraft programs, according to a union official.
The number of unionized factory employees in Boeing’s Pacific Northwest operations has now exceeded 34,000 and continues to grow, Jon Holden said in remarks to Reuters during his first interview as vice president for training and apprenticeships at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.