Boeing makes a 'final offer' to striking workers, but union says it's not good enough
Boeing is making what it calls a "best and final offer” to striking union machinists, but the union says it won't vote by Boeing's deadline
Boeing said Monday it made a “best and final offer” to striking machinists that includes bigger raises and larger bonuses, but the workers' union said the proposal isn't good enough and there won't be a ratification vote before Boeing's deadline at the end of the week.
The union complained that Boeing publicized its latest offer to 33,000 striking workers without first bargaining with union negotiators.
“Boeing does not get to decide when or if you vote,” leaders of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers district 751 told members Monday night. “The company has refused to meet for further discussion; therefore, we will not be voting” on Friday, as Boeing insisted.
Boeing said that after two days of talks last week with federal mediators failed to produce an agreement, “we presented a best and final offer that made significant improvements and addresses feedback from the union and our employees.”
