Boeing raises offer to Machinists union

Boeing Co. on Tuesday said it has made an improved second offer to the Machinists union under ongoing contract talks.

The airplane maker said it is improving the wage increase to 9 percent over three years and raising the basic pension benefit.

Boeing said it is withdrawing some proposals that concerned the union, including a new retirement plan for workers hired after this year and a proposal to negotiate a separate contract for workers in Wichita, Kansas.

Boeing says it will present its final offer before the Labor Day weekend. Machinists would vote Sept. 3 as the old contract expires.

The union's District Lodge 751 represents about 25,000 Boeing employees in the Seattle area, around 1,800 in Wichita and 800 in Portland.

Representatives from Boeing and the union are negotiating at a hotel near a Seattle airport.

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On the Net:

http://www.boeing.com/2008negotiations/

http://www.iam751.org/contract08.htm

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