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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Union voices anger as Boeing makes ‘final’ offer in attempt to end strike

Picket signs stand outside Boeing’s factory in Renton,  Washington
The union said Boeing’s offer was ‘thrown at us without any discussion’. Photograph: Scott Brauer/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

A union representing 33,000 striking Boeing workers has reacted with anger at what the aircraft-maker called its “best and final” pay offer of a 30% rise over four years.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), Boeing’s largest union, declined to put the offer to a vote, saying the proposal was not negotiated with the union and it fell short of members’ demands.

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