Strike | Boeing execs accused of 'insulting' employees as contract dispute continues

Boeing’s efforts to end a months-long walkout at three Midwest facilities failed again, when around 3,200 striking machinists voted to reject the company’s newest contract proposal.

The rejection means the strike, now in its third month, will continue at sites in Mascoutah, Illinois, and the Missouri cities of St Louis and St Charles, where military aircraft and weapons are produced.

Although smaller than last year’s 33,000-strong walkout by commercial jet assembly workers, the strike creates fresh complications for Boeing as it attempts to stabilize its finances and maintain weapons production.

Brian Bryant, Union President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said: “Boeing claimed they listened to their employees,  the result of today’s vote proves they have not. Boeing’s corporate executives continue to insult the very people who build the world’s most advanced military aircraft - the same planes and military systems that keep our service members and nation safe.”