US October nonfarm payrolls seen taking a hit from striking aerospace, hotel workers
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US October nonfarm payrolls seen taking a hit from striking aerospace, hotel workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. nonfarm payrolls in October could be reduced by as many as 41,000 jobs amid strikes in the aerospace manufacturing industry and at three hotel chains, government data showed on Friday.
The Labor Department's monthly strike report showed 33,000 Boeing employees were idle at the planemaker's plants in California, Oregon and Washington state during the October payrolls survey.
Another 5,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the union representing the Boeing factory workers, were also on strike at Textron, an aircraft company, in Kansas.
The report also showed 3,400 workers walked off the job at Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott hotels and motels in California and Hawaii.
Striking workers who do not receive a paycheck during the period that the government surveys business establishments for the employment report are treated as unemployed.
The payrolls impact from the Boeing labor strife could be larger amid reports of some of the company's suppliers furloughing or laying off workers.
