Boeing Stock Rises After Union Rejects Contract Offer. A Strike Could Happen in a Week.

Source: Barrons

By Al Root

Updated July 28, 2025, 4:34 pm EDT / Original July 28, 2025, 4:25 am EDT

Boeing BA +1.44% stock rose early Monday after workers in St. Louis rejected a contract offer, raising the potential for another damaging labor strike in just a few days.

“More than 3,200 IAM District 837 members at Boeing facilities in St. Louis, St. Charles, Mo., and Mascoutah, Ill., have overwhelmingly voted to reject the company’s contract offer during a vote held on Sunday, July 27,” read part of a news release from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

The existing contract expired at 11:59 p.m. Central time. There is a seven-day cooling-off period before a strike would begin.

Boeing stock added 1.4% on Monday, closing at $236.41, while the S&P 500 SPX +0.02% finished flat and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA -0.14% dropped 0.1%.


A United States Air Force F-15 fighter jet speeds through the Dinas Pass. The F-15 is made by Boeing in St. Louis, Missouri. (Photograph by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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