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Worldwide Affiliation of Machinists votes to approve newest contract provide after rejecting two earlier proposals.
Boeing staff in the USA have voted to simply accept the plane producer’s newest contract provide, ending a seven-week strike that crippled manufacturing of the 737 Max and 777.
The Worldwide Affiliation of Machinists and Aerospace Staff (IAM) mentioned on Monday that its members voted by 59 p.c to approve the deal, which features a 38 p.c pay rise over 4 years in addition to a one-off $12,000 bonus and adjustments to staff’ retirement plans.
The vote, which comes after union members rejected Boeing’s two earlier presents, implies that some 33,000 workers within the Seattle space will start returning to work as early as Wednesday.
The strike has compounded a troublesome yr for Boeing, which has suffered heavy monetary losses and confronted intense scrutiny since an incident in January throughout which one in every of its plane misplaced a door panel midflight.
