A labor strike at Boeing showed no signs of ending Friday, as the walkout by 33,000 union machinists entered its eighth day and the company started rolling furloughs of nonunion employees to conserve

It's no great secret that Boeing has been struggling lately. Plagued by problems with first its 787 Dreamliner program, then its 737 MAX aircraft, and more recently with its defense and space business, Boeing was losing money even before the pandemic struck in 2020.

Boeing and its largest union will resume contract talks on Wednesday after failing to agree on key issues of wages and pensions on Tuesday, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said.