Overview

• Roughly 3,200 IAM District 837 members at three St. Louis–area defense plants voted 57% against Boeing’s latest offer, keeping picket lines in place.
• Boeing said the rejected tentative deal spanned five years and provided about 45% average wage growth, with no further talks scheduled.
• The union cited an inadequate signing bonus and the absence of improvements to 401(k) benefits as key reasons for the rejection.
• IAM 837 said the proposal would have raised the average pay from about $75,000 to roughly $109,000, though members still voted it down.
• Boeing is executing contingency steps, including hiring permanent replacement workers, to support defense programs such as F-15 production and other weapons systems.