At midnight CT on Monday, Boeing employees who manufacture fighter jets went on strike.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union announced on Sunday that over 3,200 employees at Boeing plants in St. Louis, St. Charles, Missouri, and Mascoutah, Illinois, had voted against a revised four-year labor agreement with the company.
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3,200 highly skilled IAM Union members at Boeing went on strike at midnight because enough is enough, the union stated in a post on X.
The vote came after a previous plan from the ailing aerospace firm that included a 20% pay raise over four years was rejected by members last week.
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STRIKE ALERT: Because enough is enough, 3,200 highly skilled Boeing employees who belong to the IAM Union went on strike at midnight.This is not about hollow promises, but about decency and respect.#UnionStrong https://t.co/2mRlPkmOMm
Sam Cicinelli, the union’s Midwest area general vice president, said in a statement that IAM District 837 members construct the military systems and planes that keep our nation safe. They are entitled to a contract that acknowledges their unparalleled expertise and protects their families.
Union officials had suggested accepting the offer at the time of the previous vote, referring to it as a historic deal and claiming that it would enhance overtime, medical, and pension benefits.
Following a week-long cooling-off period, the most recent proposal was rejected by the union members.
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“We are disappointed that our employees turned down an offer that included a 40% average wage increase and addressed their main concern regarding alternate work schedules,” stated Dan Gillian, senior St. Louis site executive and vice president and general manager of Boeing Air Dominance. “To guarantee that our non-striking employees can keep serving our clients in the event of a strike, we have thoroughly executed our contingency plan.
Following the crashes of two of its Boeing 737 Max aircraft, one in Ethiopia in 2019 and one in Indonesia in 2018, which claimed 346 lives, Boeing has been having difficulties. At least 260 passengers were killed when an Air India-operated Boeing Dreamliner aircraft crashed in June.
Boeing announced last week that its losses had decreased and its revenue had increased for the second quarter. In the second quarter, the corporation lost $611 million, but in the same period last year, it lost $1.44 billion.
