IAM Union District 837 Members at Boeing Defense in St. Louis to Vote on Modified Contract Offer

ST. LOUIS, July 31, 2025 – More than 3,200 IAM Union District 837 members at Boeing in the St. Louis area will vote on a modified offer from the company on Sunday, Aug. 3 beginning at 10 a.m. CT. A strike would begin at midnight on Monday, Aug. 4 if the modified offer is rejected. 

Changes in Boeing’s modified offer:

• Alternative Workweek Schedule (AWS) Proposal Withdrawn: Current contractual overtime policies remain unchanged.
• Pay Enhancements: Added an annual 50 cent per hour additive for employees at max.
• Retirement: Full $10 pension multiplier increase in Year 1, instead of $5 each in Years 2 and 3 for pension-eligible members. You must retire after January 1, 2026 to receive the $10.
• The modified offer does not change proposed 20% wage increases, the $5,000 ratification bonus, vacation or sick leave, or healthcare.

This vote follows members’ overwhelming rejection of Boeing’s earlier proposal on Sunday, July 27.

The IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) is one of North America’s largest and most diverse industrial trade unions, representing approximately 600,000 active and retired members in the aerospace, defense, airlines, shipbuilding, railroad, transit, healthcare, automotive, and other industries across the United States and Canada.

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