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Boeing Defense Machinists Initiate Strike at Missouri and Illinois Plants

Rejecting Boeing’s revised 40% pay proposal has halted fighter jet and drone assembly, prompting the company to deploy an emergency staffing plan to sustain customer support.

A l'usine de Boeing à Renton, dans l'Etat de Washington, le 15 avril.
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Overview

  • About 3,200 IAM members walked off at midnight on August 4 across Boeing’s Missouri and Illinois defense facilities.
  • Union members rejected Boeing’s updated contract offer that included a 40% wage increase over four years.
  • The stoppage brings assembly of F-15 and F/A-18 fighter jets, T-7A trainers and MQ-25 refueling drones to a standstill.
  • Boeing activated an emergency contingency plan to ensure non-striking personnel maintain support for key defense clients.
  • This marks the first strike in Boeing Defense since a 99-day walkout in 1996, underscoring persistent workforce tensions after last year’s civil machinists’ action and quality scandals.