1,394 Shuttle Workers Receive Layoff Notices

摘要

Nearly 1,400 space shuttle workers received layoff notices the week of July 27 from United Space Alliance (USA), the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture that previously announced it would be cutting 15 percent of its 8,100-person workforce ahead of the shuttle fleet's retirement next year.rnLayoff notices were issued to 1,394 USA employees, according to Kari Fluegel, a spokeswoman for the Houston-based space shuttle contractor. The layoffs take effect Oct. 1.