Boeing workers to vote on 38% pay rise offer to end weeks-long strike
Al Jazeera
Striking workers to vote Monday on contract that includes 38 percent pay rise and $12,000 ratification bonus.
Striking Boeing workers in the United States are set to vote on a new contract deal after a previous offer by the company failed to get them back to work.
The offer to be voted on Monday includes a 38 percent pay rise over four years, a $12,000 ratification bonus and the reinstatement of an annual bonus scheme that was not included in the earlier proposal, The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said in a statement on Thursday.
Nearly two-thirds of workers last week rejected a contract that would have provided a 35 percent wage rise over four years but did not restore a defined pension plan sought by many employees.
Workers have been pushing for a 40 percent wage increase and the reinstatement of the old pension scheme.
“Your union is endorsing and recommending the latest IAM/Boeing contract proposal. It is time for our members to lock in these gains and confidently declare victory,” the IAM chapter said.
