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More than 3,200 Boeing Union workers in Missouri and Illinois are on strike after the rejection of a four -year labor agreement with the aerospace company.
Workers who assemble fighters have refused a four -year contract that would raise the average salary by approximately 40% and include a 20% increase in salaries and a $ 5,000 ratification bonus, according to Reuters. It also included an increase in periodic increases, more vacation time and sick leave.
“We are disappointed in St. Louis employees have rejected an offer that includes a 40% average wage growth,” says Dan Jillian, Vice President of Boeing and General Manager of the St. Louis facilities, in a statement to Reuters.
Boeing Defense He said he was ready to stop the work and would implement an emergency action plan that uses non -employment workers.
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WORKERS DISPLAY PICKET SIGNS, ASY PROTEST DURING A WALKOUT BY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL Association of Machinists and Aerospace WORKERS (IAM) Aug. 4, 2 (Lawrence Bryant / Reuters)
“IAM (International Association of Machinetors and Aerospace Workers) District 837 members are building planes and defense systems that keep our country safe,” General Vice President in the Iam Midwest Sam Cicinelli said in a statement. “They do not deserve anything less than a contract that supports their families secure and recognizes their incomparable expertise.”
The Union said in a press release that its workers “assemble and maintain advanced aircraft and weapons systems, including F-15, F/A-18 and avant-garde technologies for missile and defense technologies.”
An employee works on AFT’s fuselage on Boeing Co. The F-15 Strike Eagle at Boeing’s Defense, Space and Security facility in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on Monday, July 24, 2018. (Alex Flin / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
IAM represents 6000 active and retired members in the US and Canada.
Boeing did not immediately reply to Fox Business request for comment.
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The Boeing Defense Department is expanding operations in the St. Louis area to support production of US Air Force A new F-47 fighter after providing the Pentagon contract earlier this year.
The American flag hangs near Boeing Co. F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jets at the Boeing Defense, Space and Security facility in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, on Monday, July 24, 2018. (Alex Flin / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
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In March, President Donald Trump He officially identified the F-47 as a fighter for air superiority of the US Air Force, positioning it at the center of the next-generation air dominance program, which is expected to replace the aging F-22 Raptor, according to the Congress Research Service, a non-party agency that supports the congress.
Bonny Chu and Reuters from Fox Busines have contributed to this report.
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