Boeing offers hefty pay increases to reach tentative deal with union amid weekslong machinists strike
Boeing's striking workers have rejected compensation offers in the past
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg moved to Seattle while 33,000 of the company's workers took to the picket line. (Credit: Derrick Louie with Clarity Northwest Photography & Laura Halliday with Realogics Sotheby's International Realty and KCPQ)
Boeing is offering its striking workers a new financial package in order to end the ongoing strike.
Both Boeing and its workers' union announced the tentative deal on Saturday. The striking machinists will vote on the deal Wednesday.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 751 told Reuters that the new package includes a 35% pay hike over four years, a new incentive plan and a $7,000 ratification bonus.
The corporation is also offering employees 12% in 401(k) contributions, plus a one-time contribution of $5,000 to workers' retirement accounts.
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A Boeing 737 Max. (Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The strike, which has been ongoing for five weeks, primarily involves Boeing's West Coast workers. Around 33,000 machinists have refused to work on the 737 MAX and its 767 and 777 widebodies since Sept. 13.
Boeing said that it "looks forward to our employees voting on the negotiated proposal," but striking workers have rejected Boeing's offers in the past, even offers endorsed by union officials.
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Workers picket outside a Boeing Co. facility during a strike in Everett, Wash., Sept. 16. (M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Around 95% of West Coast workers rejected Boeing's contract offer of a 25% pay rise over four years in September, shortly before the strike began. The previous offer also included a $3,000 signing bonus.
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The union said that the new deal was helped with the help of Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su, and told the striking workers it "is worthy of your consideration."
The Boeing corporate world headquarters in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images / Getty Images)
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FOX Business reached out to Boeing for comment.
Reuters contributed to this report.