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Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, said at least 880 federal employees at the weather and research agency face job cuts.

The senator said the cuts put forecasting and ocean safety at risk.

Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol said in a letter to employees that the company would lay off 1,100 corporate employees globally and would eliminate several hundred open and unfilled positions.

As the city of Tacoma works to manage its $24 million budget deficit, council members have been making decisions on what to cut. The electeds considered two amendments to close the gap.

Boeing has so far laid off 2,199 workers in Washington, among job cuts that will eventually total about 17,000 across the company.

The company has been losing money for more than five years, and now it's dealing with a strike that has shut down factories in the Seattle area.

The company will trim roles in the team that overlooks technology for physical stores, a move that comes just a day after Amazon said it was ditching Just Walk Out technology.

Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 employees in its gaming division, just over three months since the tech giant completed its $69 million purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard.

Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce. CEO Michael Sievert said the layoffs would impact T-Mobile workers across the country — particularly those in corporate and back office roles, as well as some technology positions.

A group of Amazon workers upset about recent layoffs, a return-to-office mandate and the company’s environmental impact is planning a walkout at its Seattle headquarters next week.