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3,200 Boeing Defense Workers Strike After Rejecting 40% Pay Deal

Boeing has launched an emergency plan to sustain fighter-jet output with non-striking staff.

Dem Flugzeugbauer Boeing macht nach neun Monaten wieder ein Streik zu schaffen.
A Boeing banner and an F-15EX jet fighter during the Farnborough International Airshow, on 22nd July 2024, at Farnborough, England. The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas which is now part of Boeing. The bi-annual Farnborough International airshow this year hosts 1,500 exhibitors with 100,000sqm of exhibition space with over 80,000 visitors over the 5 day-long trade days. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures Via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Approximately 3,200 IAM-represented employees at Boeing’s St. Louis and Illinois defense plants walked off the job after voting down a four-year contract with a 40 percent wage increase.
  • Strikers assemble F-15 and F/A-18 fighter jets and key missile systems, roles that union leaders say merit a contract reflecting their expertise and national security contributions.
  • Boeing has activated a contingency plan to rely on non-striking personnel to maintain defense production lines during the work stoppage.
  • This strike is the latest in a series of IAM-Boeing labor clashes that halted commercial aircraft output for seven weeks last autumn.
  • Boeing’s defense division faces ongoing schedule delays and cost overruns on programs including 747 presidential aircraft conversions, intensifying pressure on stalled negotiations.