Workers picket outside the Boeing Defense, Space & Security facility in Berkeley, Missouri, US, on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. <\/p>\n
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The union that represents striking Boeing<\/a> defense workers said Wednesday it has reached a tentative agreement with the company, subject to final voting this Friday.<\/p>\n The agreement, set for five years, includes better wages and restores a signing bonus, according to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union. Members of the union, largely based in St. Louis, Missouri, will vote<\/a> on the tentative agreement on Friday morning.<\/p>\n Specific details of the new agreement were not immediately available. The striking workers primarily assemble and maintain F-15 fighter jets and missile systems.<\/p>\n More than 3,000 union members at Boeing have been on strike<\/a> since the beginning of August. The employees had turned down a new contract offer, which had included 20% general wage increases and a $5,000 signing bonus, among other improvements.<\/p>\n The strike was the first in almost 30 years.<\/p>\n Before the strike, Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg said the effects of a potential walkout would not be huge.<\/p>\n “We’ll manage through this. I wouldn’t worry too much about the implications of the strike. We’ll manage our way through that,” he said on an earnings call at the end of July.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Boeing hired<\/a> an undisclosed amount of new workers to replace those in its defense unit to meet demand.<\/p>\n The defense strike comes after more than\u00a032,000 unionized machinists<\/a>\u00a0who\u00a0build\u00a0commercial aircraft\u00a0walked off the job for seven weeks after failed contract talks last year.<\/p>\n