Boeing Reaches New Deal With Union in Hopes of Ending Strike

Boeing’s largest union said on Thursday that it would hold a vote on a new contract offer, after workers rejected two earlier proposals.The union’s 33,000 members have been on strike since Sept.

13, dealing a damaging blow to the struggling aerospace manufacturer.The offer was negotiated by company and union leaders, with help from Biden administration officials, including the acting labor secretary, Julie Su.In a statement, the union encouraged workers to accept the offer in voting scheduled for Monday.“It is time for our members to lock in these gains and confidently declare victory,” the union, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said in a statement.

“We believe asking members to stay on strike longer wouldn’t be right as we have achieved so much success.”If workers do not take the deal, they “risk a regressive or lesser offer in the future,” the union warned.The workers mostly support the company’s commercial airplane division in the Seattle area, where Boeing builds most such jets.They walked off the job after 95 percent of those voting rejected a contract that union and company leaders had negotiated.

The workers rejected a second offer with better terms last week, with 64 percent voting against the proposal.The union has not said how many people participated in either vote.The new contract offer represents an improvement over the two rejected proposals.

It would raise wages cumulatively by more than 43 percent over the four years of the contract, according to details shared by the union.The deal also includes a $12,000 bonus for agreeing to the contract, which can be diverted in any amount to employee retirement plans.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.

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