More than 3,000 Boeing machinists at St. Louis‑area defense plants voted Friday to reject the company's latest contract offer, extending a weeks‑long strike now entering its sixth week and approaching a seventh, halting work on fighter, trainer and MQ‑25 programs and putting deliveries at risk.
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The walkout involves roughly 3,000–3,200 IAM machinists and has halted assembly work on F‑15, F/A‑18, T‑7A and MQ‑25 programs, creating direct schedule and delivery risk for major defense platforms (see that the strike has "halted work on F-15, F/A-18, T-7A and MQ-25").
Boeing has taken contingency steps and the dispute remains unresolved — including moves to hire permanent replacements and a pause in talks — increasing the chance of prolonged production disruption and supplier knock‑on effects (see "Boeing is preparing to hire permanent replacements" and the company "paused talks").
The strike's multi‑week duration and scale concentrate near‑term program risk for defense customers and complicate Boeing's production ramp and delivery planning (context on the strike entering its sixth week and earlier milestones).
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Boeing workers reject contract offer, extend strike at three Midwest plants • Federal News Network
