A basic agreement has been reached in the dispute over wages at Boeing

According to the union, a basic agreement has been reached in the bargaining dispute at US aircraft manufacturer Boeing that has been going on for weeks. The IAM union announced on Saturday on the online service X that the negotiated offer was now “worth considering”. The offer will be presented to the workforce for a vote next Wednesday. Ten days ago, negotiations broke down between management and the union.

The ailing aircraft manufacturer is now offering, among other things, a 35 percent revenue increase over four years. The union said the new offer was negotiated with the support of US Labor Secretary Julie Su. The proposal also provides for a one-time payment of $7,000 (about 6,400 euros) – in addition to receiving bonus payments that were originally intended to be eliminated.

The strike at Boeing in the Pacific Northwest region around the US metropolis of Seattle began on September 13 and around 33,000 workers stopped work. As a result of the strike, the assembly of the Boeing 737 Max and 777 aircraft came to a virtual halt.

Boeing workers had accepted several zero rounds in the past decade and now wanted a big raise. They rejected Boeing’s first offer of a 25 percent income increase and loss of bonus payments by a majority of almost 95 percent. The union last went on strike in 2008. The strike lasted 57 days and cost the company about $2 billion, according to analyst estimates.

Boeing has been in crisis for years after a series of problems. Recently, an even greater focus on quality management came after a fuselage fracture during takeoff in January on an almost new Boeing 737-9 Max from Alaska Airlines. It was only through fortunate circumstances that no one was seriously injured. Accident investigators determined that the delivered aircraft was missing four fasteners on the fuselage section. Boeing was unable to provide any documents regarding the assembly’s work when requested by authorities.