Boeing hires replacement workers as defense unit strike continues
On Monday, August 4, 2025, Berkeley, Missouri, a worker in the United States outside the Boeing Defense, Space and Security Facility.
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Boeing Without a new contract agreement, new workers hire employees in the defense unit while their strikes enter a second month.
In Boeing, there were vice presidents and defense workers. “Unfortunately, the union continues to demand more, what will happen to end the strike, and says that there is no control on what will separate the parties from each other,” Dan Gillian said, ” He said. “As a result, we take the next step in our emergency plan and hire permanent spare workers for production roles to make sure our staff appropriate to continue to support our customers.”
Boeing didn’t say how many workers he hired. Workers bring together and maintain F-15 fighter aircraft and missile systems.
“Boeing, special, generation and talented labor force instead of negotiating with military aircraft and equipment to build reserve workers to build reserve workers,” Boeing doubs the bad management, “he said. He said. “Let’s go back to the negotiation table. Let’s be true about the concerns of our members and employees.”
3,200 workers, represented by the International Machinery Association and Aviation Workers Region 837, started a strike on August 4 after rejecting a contract proposal from Boeing.
The company offered a 20% general wage increase, a $ 5,000 approval bonus and other improvements. Boeing said that increases could be 40% on average, taking into account other developments. According to a note of Jefferies last month, the average IAM 837 mechanic will earn more than $ 102,000.
Boeing’s defense unit contributed to approximately 30% of the company’s $ 42 billion income in the first half of this year.
The strike comes less than a year after more than 32,000 unionists who built commercial planes after the unsuccessful contract negotiations last year.
The seven -week strikes deceived the company’s aircraft production and ended after voting to approve a contract with an increase of 38% for four years, and the sector marked the end of a series of aviation unions that won higher wages as it faced a lack of educated workers.
