The decision will bring about 33,000 employees back to work.
Boeing workers in the Seattle area, in the northwest of the United States, approved on Monday the proposal for a new collective agreement for the aeronautical manufacturer which will end more than seven weeks of strike.
After rejecting two previous offers, the IAM-District 751 branch of the IAM machinists union ratified the latest proposal with 59% support, this organization announced.
The decision will make them return to their jobs about 33,000 employees on strike and for operations to resume at two large assembly plants.
The new collective agreement guarantees a salary increase of 38%, a bonus of $12,000 and provisions to increase company contributions to a retirement plan and contain health care costs.
However, the deal will not restore Boeing’s old pension plan as long-time employees have requested.
Jon Holden, head of the union in Seattle, celebrated this pact as a victory for workers who wanted to compensate for more than a decade of stagnant wages resulting from previous collective bargaining.
«Back to work»
«The strike ends and now our task is to return to work and start manufacturing airplanes, increase rates and return this company to financial success,” Holden said at a press conference.
“I’m proud of our members,” he said. “They have achieved a lot and we are ready to move forward,” he added.
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