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Machinists Reject Boeing’s Latest Offer, Continuing Strike

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 12th, 2025

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Machinists Reject Boeing’s Latest Offer, Continuing Strike

The Boeing MQ-25A T-1 test asset conducts the first refueling between an unmanned aircraft and a manned F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on June 4, 2021. (Photo: Boeing)

A union strike at Boeing’s [BA] defense operations around St. Louis, Mo., continues after local machinists last Friday voted against the company’s latest contract offer. Boeing said that “no further talks are scheduled” currently with union representatives. The company said it will continue to hire permanent replacement workers in support of its customers. Workers at the company’s military aircraft, weapons, and MQ-25 aerial refueling drone facility in St. Louis, St. Charles, and nearby Mascoutah, Ill., walked out on Aug. 4…

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