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Boeing union votes to end strike, accept new contract

MORE than 3,000 striking Boeing defence workers on Thursday voted to end a strike over wage increases and retirement benefits, one of the longest work stoppages in the company’s history.

Boeing defence workers on strike outside the company's facility, Berkeley, Missouri, Aug 4, 2025. More than 3,000 workers voted to reject the company's latest offer.

Striking Boeing defence workers reject contract offer for fourth time

MORE than 3,000 Boeing defence workers on strike in the US Mid-west since August voted to reject the company’s latest contract offer, their union said on Sunday - in the fourth such refusal.

Workers protest during a walkout by members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) over contract negotiations, outside Boeing company's facility, Berkeley, Missouri, Aug 4, 2025.

Boeing Defence, union reach tentative deal to end strike

BOEING Defence and the machinists union have reached a tentative deal to end a five-week-long strike in the St. Louis area, union officials announced on Wednesday.

Travellers walk past a passenger information sign ahead of planned tube rail strikes, at Westminster Underground Station in London.

London’s commuters face travel chaos as tube strike hits hard

All fleet staff walk out on Monday, causing chaos for the UK capital’s commuters

About 3,200 employees based in the midwestern states of Missouri and Illinois walked off the job on Aug 4 after voting down a contract.

Boeing says will hire replacements for striking US defence workers

BOEING is launching a recruitment drive to find “permanent” manufacturing workers to replace US union employees who went on strike last month, the company said Thursday.

Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job after midnight on Saturday, prompting cancellations that have impacted around half a million people.

Air Canada flight attendants end strike after reaching 'tentative' deal

Air Canada said it would “gradually restart its operations” after reaching a “mediated agreement” with the union

Workers hold signs during a walkout by members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) over contract negotiations, outside Boeing company's facility, Berkley, Missouri, Aug 4, 2025.

Striking Boeing defence workers turn to US Congress

BOEING defence industry workers currently on strike asked for congressional lawmakers’ support on Wednesday as they seek to pressure the aviation giant to improve its bargaining offer to the union.

Boeing's initial proposal, which included a 20 per cent wage increase over four years and more vacation time, was rejected a week earlier. The second offer was rejected too.

Boeing defence workers set to strike on Monday in US: union

[WASHINGTON] Thousands of members of a union representing Boeing defence industry workers in the US states of Missouri and Illinois will go on strike early Monday after rejecting a revised proposal fo...

A strike could deal a serious blow to Boeing, after a seven-week long walkout by Seattle-based workers last year crippled two of Boeing’s major assembly plants.

Boeing workers threaten strikes at fighter jet factories

[SAN FRANCISCO] Members of a union representing workers who assemble fighter jets in two Boeing factories rejected the US aircraft manufacturer’s proposed new contract on Sunday, paving the way for po...