Bernie Sanders Urges Boeing CEO Ortberg to End St. Louis Strike, Supports IAM Union District 837 Members [View all]

Source: IAM

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 2, 2025 — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is calling on Boeing to return to the bargaining table and reach a fair contract with 3,200 striking members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837.

In an Oct. 1 letter to Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, Sen. Sanders said the IAM Union’s proposal, approved by 90% of members, could end the nine-week strike immediately.

“What the Machinists in St. Louis are proposing is not radical. It is less generous than the contract you ratified last year with 32,000 Machinists in Washington state,” Sanders wrote. “If Boeing can afford to spend $68 billion on stock buybacks and provide golden parachutes worth over $100 million to former executives, it can afford to provide decent retirement benefits and fair wages to its workers.”

Sen. Sanders also criticized Boeing for terminating health insurance for striking workers and highlighted the disparity between executive pay and that of line workers, who earn as little as $18 an hour.



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