Boeing asked to include SPEEA employees in company-wide furloughs, despite a stipulation in the union contract that prevents them.

A labor strike at Boeing showed no signs of ending Friday, as the walkout by 33,000 union machinists entered its eighth day and the company started rolling furloughs of nonunion employees to conserve cash.

Boeing said on Wednesday it will temporarily furlough tens of thousands of employees after about 30,000 machinists went on strike on Friday, halting production of its 737 MAX and other airplanes. "We are initiating temporary furloughs over the coming days that will impact a large number of US-based executives,