Aviation US aircraft manufacturer Boeing offers strikers 30 percent higher wages

After a ten-day strike, the management of US aircraft manufacturer Boeing offered the workforce a 30 percent wage increase on Monday. This is the "final offer", the company declared and gave a deadline of midnight on Friday for a decision.

The new offer includes a doubling of the bonus payment for accepting the offer from 3000 to 6000 dollars. An annual bonus payment not included in the first offer will also be reintroduced and an increased contribution to a pension fund will be included.

As in the first offer, the assurance remains that the new Boeing model expected for 2035 will also be built in the Seattle region.

Around 33,000 Boeing employees went on strike at the aircraft manufacturer's production facilities in Seattle on September 13. They had previously rejected the company's wage offer - a 25 percent pay rise spread over several years. The workforce was demanding a 40 percent wage increase and improved retirement benefits. The last strike at Boeing had taken place in 2008 and lasted 57 days.

The aircraft manufacturer has had numerous problems in recent years, mainly relating to the safety of its aircraft. The company is also struggling financially. The current strike also affects the two assembly plants for the Boeing 737 and 777 aircraft.

SDA