MACON - Boeing Company will cut 100 jobs at its Macon assembly and maintenance plant next week, trimming more than 12 percent of the work force. <br>
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The company expects the workers to be gone by mid-September. <br>
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The Chicago-based aerospace giant employs about 800 people in Macon, mostly performing maintenance and other work on military aircraft. <br>
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The cuts are caused by the recent loss of a contract to perform assembly repairs and modifications on the Air Force KC-135 tanker plane, Stewart said. <br>
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A reduction in the number of C-17 cargo jet assemblies made at the plant also was a factor.
