One month into strike, Boeing Defense stands by its last contract offer
By Dan Catchpole
(Reuters) -Boeing Defense said Wednesday it would consider "minor adjustments" to its last contract offer to roughly 3,200 union members on strike in the St. Louis area, where it produces fighter jets and munitions.
"The economics of our deal will remain the same," Dan Gillian, one of Boeing Defense's top executives in St. Louis, told reporters on a conference call.
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers' District 837 voted 67% to reject the offer on August 3, according to the union. They went on strike the next day.
"They want a fair contract reflecting their skillsets and production at Boeing Defense," District 837 president Tom Boelling said in a public statement on Wednesday. "Our members at Boeing are standing together for more than just 'minor adjustments,'" he said.
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