Nearly 600 workers at the United Launch Alliance are on strike. The strike affects ULA’s main manufacturing facility in Decatur as well as launch sites in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Union workers voted for the strike on May 6th, just a day after the company launched a lander to Mars for NASA. They rejected ULA’s final offer on a three-year contract that would have gone into effect on May 6th. Negotiations have been ongoing since April 16th.
The employees are part of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), and they’re responsible for assembling, testing, and helping to launch ULA’s rockets.
