{"id":2470482,"date":"2025-08-04T09:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-workers-at-defense-plants-go-on-strike\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:49:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:49:48","slug":"boeing-workers-at-defense-plants-go-on-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-workers-at-defense-plants-go-on-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing workers at defense plants go on strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboeing-workers-at-defense-plants-go-on-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2470482&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>More than 3,200 workers at Boeing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/salena-zito-vestiges-of-americana-fading-before-our-eyes\/\" title=\"Salena Zito: Vestiges of Americana Fading Before Our Eyes\">defense plants<\/a> in Missouri and Illinois have gone on strike after overwhelmingly rejecting a tentative contract that offered a 20% pay increase over four years. The striking members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) stated that the proposed contract did not sufficiently address their priorities and sacrifices. These <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >workers build key military aircraft<\/a>, including the F-15 and F\/A-18 jets, the T-7A Red Hawk trainer, and the MQ-25 stingray unmanned refueler, with some plants also involved in producing the upcoming F-47 stealth fighter. The union emphasized the skilled nature of its members and their importance to national security, demanding a contract that better secures their families and recognizes their expertise. Boeing&#8217;s CEO acknowledged the strike but indicated that its impact would be manageable and less severe than last year&#8217;s much larger strike involving commercial airplane workers. This strike comes amid a challenging period for Boeing, which has faced multiple fatal crashes and related scandals in recent years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Boeing workers at defense plants go on strike<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2062606\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>More than 3,200 workers at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/boeing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Boeing<\/a> defense factories walked off the job Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the International Association of Machinists voted <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/boeing-defense-machinists-union-contract-strike-60670fdfd1bbed54eb3e91ed682cc2c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">overwhelmingly to reject<\/a> a tentative agreement that would have given <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/unions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">union<\/a> members a 20% pay increase over the next four years. The union did not detail why its members rejected the contract, saying it &ldquo;fell short of addressing the priorities and sacrifices&rdquo; of the union&rsquo;s workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3489917\/football-coach-derek-dooley-launches-georgia-senate-campaign\/\">Football coach Derek Dooley launches Georgia Senate campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3487400\/trump-200-days-office-pivot-midterms\/\">200 days in office: Trump pivots to midterms after &#8216;excessive&#8217; second 100 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3487701\/texas-mid-decade-redistricting-effort-process\/\">Texas has kicked off its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-and-california-battle-over-redistricting-advantages\/\" title=\"Texas and California battle over redistricting advantages\">mid-decade redistricting effort<\/a>. What does the process look like?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;3,200 highly-skilled IAM Union members at Boeing went on strike at midnight because enough is enough,&rdquo; the union said in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Workers on strike are from plants in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and Mascoutah, Illinois. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-2000-boeing-defense-workers-to-go-on-strike-in-august-after-rejecting-contract-deal\/\" title=\"Over 2,000 Boeing Defense Workers to Go on ... in August After Rejecting ... Deal\">build military aircraft<\/a>, including F-15 and F\/A-18 fighter jets, the T-7A Red Hawk trainer, and the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned refueler. The St. Louis-area plants were also set to build the F-47 stealth fighter jet, a new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-why-a-no-fly-zone-over-ukraine-wont-work\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s Why A No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Won\u2019t Work\">-generation fighter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;IAM District 837 members build the aircraft and defense systems that keep our country safe,&rdquo; IAM Midwest Territory General Vice President Sam Cicinelli said in a statement Sunday. &ldquo;They deserve nothing less than a contract that keeps their families secure and recognizes their unmatched expertise.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said during the company&rsquo;s earnings call last week that it will be able to deal with the cost of the strike, noting that this one was smaller than last year&rsquo;s, in which 33,000 workers focused on commercial planes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3153799\/boeing-union-members-strike-rejecting-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">walked off the job<\/a> for over two months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3439603\/air-india-crash-boeing-under-scrutiny-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BOEING UNDER SCRUTINY AGAIN FOLLOWING AIR INDIA CRASH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The order of magnitude of this is much, much less than what we saw last fall,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t worry too much about the implications of the strike. We&rsquo;ll manage our way through that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The strike marks another point in the company&rsquo;s dramatic decade, having dealt with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3439603\/air-india-crash-boeing-under-scrutiny-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">multiple fatal crashes and scandals<\/a> in the last several years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2062606\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2062606\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boeing defense workers strike, reject 20% pay raise deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2470485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Boeing_44.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[55521,14922,60572,38136,40857],"class_list":["post-2470482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-aerospace-industry","tag-boeing","tag-defense-plants","tag-labor-dispute","tag-workers-strike"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Boeing_44.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2470482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2470487,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470482\/revisions\/2470487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2470485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2470482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2470482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2470482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}