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."
The new offer is more generous than the one that was overwhelmingly rejected earlier this month. The company said the offer includes pay raises of 30 over four years, up from 25 in the first proposal. The union originally demanded 40 over three years.
