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Boeing Jetplex Campus in Huntsville. (Courtesy of Boeing)

Boeing announced this week it will slash hundreds of engineering jobs in Washington and at other sites, USA Today reports.

The organization said slowing aircraft sales are to blame.

"Today's announcement involves involuntary layoffs in the engineering function of commercial airplanes," Boeing spokesman Doug Alder said in a statement Monday. "We expect that hundreds of employees will (sic) impacted in Washington state and other locations across the enterprise."

The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, a union that represents Boeing's engineers, told USA Today that employees will receive 60-day notices Friday.

Bill Dugovich, a union spokesman, said the latest round of cuts is "very disappointing."

"The workforce here in Washington state has now been cut by the Boeing Co. by more than 12,600 jobs since Washington state gave the company the largest tax break in U.S. history in November 2013," he said.

Click here to read the full story. Boeing, which cut 1,800 positions earlier this year, has scheduled the workforce reduction for June 23, USA Today said.

Spokesman Doug Adler told AL.com in an email the layoffs involve Boeing's engineering function on the commercial airplanes side.

"Huntsville is not part of the commercial side of the business — so no impact there," he said.

The company announced in November it will bring about 400 jobs to Huntsville as it makes $70 million in capital investments by 2020. AL.com has contacted Boeing for more details about its Huntsville workforce.