Boeing workers who build fighter jets went on strike Monday at midnight Central Daylight Time.About 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois, voted to reject a modified four-year labor agreement with Boeing, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union said Sunday.In a post on X, the union said: “3,200 highly-skilled IAM Union members at Boeing went on strike at midnight because enough is enough.”The vote followed members' rejection last week of an earlier proposal from the troubled aerospace giant, which had included a 20% wage increase over four years.
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3,200 employees have hit the picket lines over a contract dispute. Transcript: Boeing is dealing with yet another employee strike.
Shares of Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) are down 0.5% to trade at $220.85 this morning, after three branches of fighter jet workers in Missouri and Illinois went on strike.
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.