Striking Union Rejects Boeing’s ‘Best And Final’ Offer of 30 Percent Wage Hike

The union said that Boeing was damaging the negotiation process by taking the offer directly to workers without telling its committee.

Union members picket outside a Boeing factory in Renton, Wash., on Sept. 13, 2024. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images

Boeing has put forward its “best and final” offer of a 30 percent pay raise over four years to end a prolonged strike, but a union representing thousands of striking workers has pushed back.

The offer included a $6,000 ratification bonus, the reinstatement of a performance bonus, and improved retirement benefits, according to a letter sent to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union on Sept. 23.