Boeing Offers Staff 25% Pay Hike in Bid to Avoid Strike

Boeing is offering its staff a 25 per cent pay rise over four years in a bid to avoid a strike that could potentially shut down its assembly lines as early as Friday.

According to the BBC, union leaders representing more than 30,000 employees have urged the workers to support the proposal, describing it as the best contract they had ever negotiated.

If approved, the agreement would be an important achievement for Boeing’s new chief executive, Kelly Ortberg, who faces pressure to fix the company’s quality and reputational issues.

Boeing workers in the Seattle and Portland region are set to vote on the deal on Thursday.

If the deal is rejected, however, a second ballot will need to be approved by two-thirds of union members for a strike to go ahead.