More than 3,000 Boeing workers are set to strike after rejecting a contract offer
Source: NPR
Roughly 3,200 unionized workers at Boeing facilities in Missouri and Illinois have voted to strike beginning at midnight Monday after failing to reach an agreement on a labor contract.
The action comes days after the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 (IAM), whose members build fighter jets and other weapons systems, rejected a modified contract offered by Boeing.
"IAM District 837 members build the aircraft and defense systems that keep our country safe," IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Sam Cicinelli said in a statement on Sunday.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/03/nx-s1-5491548/3200-boeing-workers-set-to-strike
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