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a company-wide report that reveals the first demographic
breakdown of its workforce, the planemaker said the employees
were terminated between June 2020 and April 21, 2021.
American companies have come under pressure from investors to
publicly disclose information about diversity among employees in
the wake of racial justice and movements such as Black Lives
Matter.
Boeing said about 69% of its U.S. workforce was made of white
employees and 31% from other races, including about 6.4% Black
employees. Boeing has previously said it aims to take the number
of Black employees up by 20%.
Boeing, which has seen the ranks of its senior female executives
shrink in recent years, also said data showed women made up
13.6% of its executive council, a drop from about 30% over the
past year.
Part of the reason for the gender gap in the council is its
expansion to 22 members, with just three female executives, from
13 members, with four female executives, as of March 1, 2020.
Overall, women represented between 23% and 25% of Boeing U.S.
and non-U.S. workforce, the company said.
(Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)
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