About 220 South Carolina Boeing workers will be out of work after the new year. The financially struggling aerospace company announced the layoffs, expected to begin Jan. 17. All but eight of the employees losing their jobs work in North Charleston,

Boeing will lay off more than 2,500 workers in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Missouri, according to federally required filings posted on Monday and a union official, as part of the debt-heavy U.

Boeing has so far laid off 2,199 workers in Washington, among job cuts that will eventually total about 17,000 across the company.

Boeing said it will lay off about 220 workers at its SC factories, nearly all of them at sites that build engine components, cabin parts and the Dreamliner jet.

Boeing announced that it has so far laid off 2,199 employees in Washington state, according to a notice submitted to Washington’s Employment Security Department. The company began drastic workforce cuts on November 1,

Boeing will cut workforce of more than 2,500 in the U.S. states as a result of upheaval that continues to rattle local economies.

Boeing is planning to lay off more than 2,500 workers in the US from Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Missouri. This is part of the company's larger plan to cut 17,000 jobs or 10% of its global workforce,