Labor Unions

After rejecting the company’s second proposed contract, union members began striking Monday. They said they will not stop until they receive a fair deal.

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Union members from facilities in St. Louis, St. Charles and Mascoutah voted to reject a four-year labor agreement with Boeing after an earlier version of the proposal failed on July 27.

The company's updated terms include withdrawing the Alternative Workweek Schedule proposal, which union members said was a point of concern in the original contract.

Members of the IAM union rejected Boeing’s contract proposal on Sunday, hours before the current deal expired. The union will wait at least a week before potentially calling a strike.

This comes seven months after strikes in the Pacific Northwest led to factory shutdowns and an eventual agreement to increase wages by 38%.

Dozens of American Federation of Government Employees union members rallied Saturday outside the post office in Florissant, calling on President Donald Trump to withdraw his executive orders that have disrupted workers nationwide since January.

Earlier this year, then-President Joe Biden blocked the deal, and President Donald Trump also remained opposed to it.

A separate deal to sell both blast furnaces in the Metro East town has been on the back burner, which union officials believe will cost hundreds of jobs. If the U.S. Steel sale is dead, some worry what’s in store for Granite City.

Unionized workers in Boeing's commercial operations walked off the job almost two months ago, prompting company-wide furloughs and layoffs of 10% of its workforce. Boeing employees in St. Louis have felt some of those cuts. The aerospace giant employs around 17,000 people in the region at facilities that support its defense division.