Boeing machinists' union leaders back new contract, call for Monday vote

Boeing machinists national activity has endorsed nan latest statement connection and is calling for a ballot early adjacent week, perchance bringing an extremity to a weekslong strike.

"It is clip for our Members to fastener successful these gains and confidently state victory," The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said successful a statement. "We judge asking members to enactment connected onslaught longer wouldn't beryllium correct arsenic we person achieved truthful overmuch success."

The proposal comes conscionable complete a week aft national rank voted to cull a erstwhile statement proposal, and conscionable nether 7 weeks aft 33,000 national members walked disconnected nan occupation connected Sept. 13. 

IAM activity said nan latest connection "builds connected everything achieved successful nan September 12, 2024 agreement," and besides adds a wide costs summation of 38% complete 4 years. 

According to nan company, nan mean machinist's salary would beryllium $119,309 erstwhile nan statement ends, an summation of astir $43,700 from nan erstwhile contract's average.

The caller connection besides combines a $7,000 ratification prize from nan antecedently rejected contract, and a $5,000 status use into 1 $12,000 lump sum that members tin take to either adhd to their paychecks, their 401k aliases a operation of nan two. 

While nan latest connection raises nan company's 401k matching, nan pension use that was stiff backmost successful 2014 was not brought back. Reinstatement of that pension scheme was 1 of nan cardinal issues that led national rank to cull nan erstwhile offers.

Boeing workers stitchery connected a picket statement adjacent nan entranceway to a Boeing installation connected October 24, 2024 successful Seattle, Washington. Getty Images

Union members will ballot connected nan latest connection connected Monday.

The machinists' onslaught has halted accumulation astatine assembly plants successful nan Seattle area, and Boeing can't nutrient immoderate caller 737s until nan onslaught ends.

Boeing continues to effort to regain its footing amid manufacturing issues and national investigations concerning nan January in-air panel blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight.

Last week, nan institution reported a $6.1 cardinal third-quarter loss.

Kate Gibson, Aimee Picchi and Kathryn Krupnik contributed to this report.