Workers at Spirit Aerosystems, suppliers of Boeing aircraft parts, accepted a new labor agreement on Thursday, setting the stage to begin production at a Wichita, Kansas, facility after a strike that began last week.
Spirit Aerosystems, which provides fuselages for Boeing’s best-selling 737 Max aircraft and also other parts of Boeing and other manufacturers, paused production last Thursday after workers voted against a new suggested deal and in favor of strike.
“We continue to monitor the situation as we assess any potential impacts to production and deliveries,” Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing’s commercial airplane unit, wrote in a note to staff.
The organization and the workers’ union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, had come to a fresh tentative deal for 6,000 workers, according to the union on Tuesday. As per the union, 63% of the workers agreed to the new deal.
“This agreement addresses our members’ concerns with substantial wage increases, maintains the CORE healthcare plan benefits that the membership insisted on, and includes no mandatory overtime,” the union said Tuesday when the preliminary deal was reached.
Workers would come back to work on July 5.
The manufacturing pause arrived as Boeing scrambled to boost its manufacturing of new aircraft. With an inventory of a few fuselages, the company went on strike in an effort to restart production.
