Aerospace Labor and Management Will Keep Adjusting Their Yokes In 2025

Beoing strike sign

The 53-day strike by Boeing union workers in the Seattle area ended in November, but the reverberations could be felt for years to come as other contracts must be renegotiated.

Credit: IAM
If 2024 was the year of big walkouts and wake-up calls in the aerospace and defense workforce, then 2025 could be the year when industry finally faces the new realities affecting labor pools. The 53-day strike by nearly 33,000 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union...
Michael Bruno

Based in Washington, Michael Bruno is Aviation Week Network’s Executive Editor for Business. He oversees coverage of aviation, aerospace and defense businesses, supply chains and related issues.

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