Boeing union endorses sweetened contract deal after nearly 7 weeks on strike

• Boeing national workers person been connected onslaught for astir 7 weeks owed to a conflict connected costs increases.
• The planemaker projected a sweetened woody that includes a 38% salary summation complete 4 years, nan national said.
• The national said it is recommending workers to o.k. nan woody connected Monday.

Boeing national workers are endorsing a sweetened statement offered by nan airplane maker, signaling an extremity to a astir seven-week onslaught that put a halt to nan company's manufacturing operations.

The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, aliases IAM, said successful a social media post connected Thursday evening that Boeing had offered a caller statement that includes a 38% raise complete 4 years. The national said it is endorsing nan statement and recommends that its members o.k. nan woody during Monday's vote.

"We promote each of our labor to study much astir nan improved connection and ballot connected Monday, Nov. 4," a Boeing spokesperson said successful a connection to Business Insider.

The spokesperson noted that nan caller woody improves connected nan company's erstwhile connection of a 35% raise complete 4 years.

The caller statement besides stipulates a $12,000 ratification bonus, up from $7,000 successful nan erstwhile proposal.

A typical for nan IAM did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Boeing machinists person been connected onslaught since September 13 aft workers rejected a connection to raise salary by 25% complete 4 years. Union members demanded a 40% raise.

The IAM represents complete 32,000 workers successful nan Pacific Northwest.

Boeing's past strike was successful 2008 and lasted astir 2 months, causing billions of dollars successful depressed revenue, nan institution said astatine nan time.