Boeing made its first full offer to the Machinists for a new three-year contract today.
The offer includes a $2,500 bonus in the first year and inclusion in a new incentive program that could pay 10 extra days wage each of the remaining two years of the contract. General wage increases would be 2.5 percent in the first year, and 2 percent the next two years.
While the company dropped its bid to separate the Wichita group from the bargaining unit, Boeing did not give in on two key issues to the Machinists: eliminating its defined pension plan to new Machinists and eliminating early retiree medical benefits to new employees.
Those are two topics that the union has identified as strike issues.
Visit the Boeing negotiation Web site for full details.
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