Boeing posts contract jobs in labor dispute's latest escalation
BA•Contract postings deepen labor dispute
Boeing posted contractor positions for engineering and technical roles on job sites on Tuesday, in what appears to be the latest escalation in its labor dispute with its white-collar union at its commercial airplane division.
After members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace overwhelmingly rejected Boeing's contract offer on Friday, the company said it would begin implementing a contingency plan in case of a strike after the current contract ends on October 6.
Recent union fights have led to long strikes
Boeing's last two major union contract negotiations ended in extended strikes — a seven-week walkout by roughly 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at Boeing's commercial airplanes division in 2024 and a 101-day strike by about 3,200 IAM members at Boeing's defense division in 2025.
