The company told Missouri's workforce development department it would permanently lay off 692 employees by Jan. 17. That includes 111 mechanics laid off last week.

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.

Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley is critical of aerospace manufacturer Boeing for its plans to lay off nearly 700 Missouri workers beginning in January. He said the decision is unfair to Missourians losing jobs when company executives get paid so much while “running the company into the ground.