Archive · 23 Aug 2025
Boeing and Union Resume Talks to End St. Louis Strike
Boeing and its striking union workers are going back to the negotiation table on Monday to try and end a strike.
About 3,200 workers in Missouri and Illinois walked off the job after turning down a deal that would have given them a 20% raise and better retirement benefits.
This is happening months after a similar problem was solved in Seattle.
The last time this union went on strike was in 1996.
Workers are worried about losing their health benefits.
The workers build important parts for airplanes, fighter jets, and missiles.
Boeing is hoping to get its team back to work.
Boeing and union leaders will resume negotiations Monday to end the strike.
The strike involves approximately 3,200 hourly workers at Boeing plants in Missouri and Illinois.
Workers rejected a deal offering a 20% wage increase and boosted retirement contributions.
The union last went on strike in 1996 for 99 days.
Union members will lose company-paid health benefits at the end of August if the strike continues.
- Who
- Boeing and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837.
- What
- Boeing and union leaders are restarting negotiations.
- When
- Negotiations will begin Monday.
- Where
- St. Louis-area defense factories in Missouri and Illinois.
- Why
- To end the strike and bring workers back to work.
Boeing
Union
Negotiations
Boeing
Needs to get the workforce back to work.
Union
Needs to secure a fair deal.
Benefits
Boeing
Has the non-striking workforce supporting customers
Union
Union members want better terms.
- Companies involved
- Boeing, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837
- Location
- Missouri and Illinois
- Workers on strike
- Approximately 3,200
- Key Issue
- Wages and retirement contributions
- Last Strike
- 1996, 99 days
- Boeing Stock Change
- Closed 2.5% higher on Friday.