Boeing (BA) is facing its second work stoppage in less than a year after more than 3,000 workers went on strike at midnight following a rejection of the plane maker's latest offer on Sunday.
Boeing's fighter-jet factory workers go on strike after turning down a new contract offer. The roughly 3,200 workers began their strike early Monday.
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Around 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in Missouri and Illinois voted to reject a modified four-year labor deal on Sunday.
“IAM District 837 members have spoken loud and clear, they deserve a contract that reflects their skill, dedication, and the critical role they play in our nation's defense,” local union lead Tom Boelling said in a statement. Brian Bryant, the union's international president, added that IAM “will be there on the picket lines, ensuring Boeing hears the collective power of working people.
Boeing Co (NYSE:BA, ETR:BCO) defence workers are starting a strike on Monday, after rejecting the company's latest offer on pay, work conditions and pensions. The walkout, involving 3,000 staff in Missouri and Illinois who build F-15 fighter jets and other military aircraft, is the first at the operation since 1996.
More than 3,200 union members who assemble Boeing's fighter jets in the St. Louis area and Illinois went on strike on Monday after rejecting a second contract offer the previous day.
3,200 Boeing workers at its military aircraft facilities say they'll strike on Monday. These plants make the F-15 Eagle and F/A-18 Hornet, and are expected to be central to the F-47.
The workers in the St. Louis area assemble Boeing's fighter jets and the MQ-25, an aerial refueling drone being developed for the US Navy.
The union representing about 3,200 St. Louis-area workers has rejected the company's latest contract offer.
Employees at Boeing's St. Louis defense factories rejected a contract offered by the aerospace giant Sunday afternoon, setting the stage for about 3,200 workers to walk off the job starting at midnight—the first strike the company has faced at its St. Louis defense hub since 1996.
Unionized workers who assemble Boeing's fighter jets in the St. Louis area rejected Boeing's latest offer on Sunday and will strike at midnight on Monday, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said.