Two weeks after 33,000 Boeing machinists went on strike, the company is bracing for financial impact. The airplane maker has implemented cost-saving measures including a hiring freeze, temporary

Labor unrest at Boeing could claim another casualty soon in the relatively fragile aerospace supply chain. Wednesday evening, The Financial Times reported that Boeing’s 737 MAX fuselage supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings would begin to furlough workers in the coming weeks if the Machinist strike against Boeing lingered.

Financial realities are beginning to bite some of the lower-paid Boeing workers who are less prepared for going a long time without a paycheck.