Striking Boeing defense plant workers shown outside of a Boeing facility on August 5, 2025 in Berkeley, Missouri

Striking Boeing defense plant workers shown outside of a Boeing facility on August 5, 2025 in Berkeley, Missouri

 Michael B. Thomas

Labor leaders reached a tentative agreement with Boeing that could resolve a strike in the aviation giant's defense business, the union announced Wednesday.

Some 3,200 workers in Missouri and Illinois are set to vote Friday on a preliminary agreement that includes wage increases, said a press release from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union.

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