Overview
- Roughly 3,000–3,200 IAM District 837 members in Missouri and Illinois are casting ballots Thursday on an offer that could end the walkout that began August 4.
- The proposal includes 24% wage increases over five years and an upfront $6,000 ratification bonus, replacing an earlier mix of a smaller bonus and restricted stock.
- Boeing removed a previously proposed fourth‑year $1,000 retention payment and later stock payouts that were part of the narrowly rejected October 26 offer.
- If ratified, the union says return‑to‑work would start with third shift on Sunday, November 16.
- Boeing’s defense unit pledged all IAM 837 members will be reinstated if the deal passes while noting it has been recruiting replacements, and the strike has delayed F‑15 and F‑18 work as well as some munitions production.