Boeing’s machinists union leaders are endorsing the company’s latest contract offer, setting the stage for a vote on Monday that could end the seven week-long strike.
Boeing workers gather on a picket line near the entrance to a Boeing facility during an ongoing strike in Seattle, Wash. About 33,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751 have been on strike for nearly seven weeks.
The union, which represents 33,000 workers, voted down two previous proposals from the company. The ongoing strike has halted production at the company’s factories in the Pacific Northwest since Sept. 13th. Boeing’s latest proposal would boost wages by 38% over four years — up from the company’s most recent proposal of 35%, though short of the 40% the union wanted. The new offer also includes a $12,000 ratification bonus, up from $7,000 inAt the heart of the Boeing strike, an emotional fight over a lost pension plan“In every negotiation and strike, there is a point where we have extracted everything that we can in bargaining and by withholding our labor.
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