GKN Aerospace is closing. The first wave in 700-plus St. Louis-area layoffs start Aug. 25.
GKN Aerospace, an aviation parts producer, will lay off more than 700 St. Louis-area workers between Aug. 25 and the end of the year.
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GKN Aerospace, an aviation parts producer, will lay off more than 700 St. Louis-area workers between Aug. 25 and the end of the year.
A dispute over the contract centered on retirement compensation.
Nycshooter/Getty Images(ST. LOUIS) -- Nearly 2,500 Boeing workers at three St. Louis-area facilities on Wednesday accepted a contract offer from the plane manufacturer after calling off a strike planned for earlier this week. In recent weeks, a dispute over the three-year contract centered on retirement compensation. Workers last Sunday rejected an offer that fell short
About 2,500 members of a machinists union approved a contract with Boeing on Wednesday, averting a strike at three St. Louis-area manufacturing facilities.
Next Monday 2.500 workers who make fighter jets, missiles, and drones for Boeing in the St. Louis area are set to strike. It would be the largest strike at the aerospace giant since 2008, and the biggest manufacturing strike since last year’s showdown at John Deere. The major issues also mirror the Deere fight: a two-tier wage regime and a disappearing retirement system. Like