(Reuters) -Boeing and its largest union mentioned they might proceed contract talks on Tuesday, as either side search an settlement to finish a strike by round 33,000 U.S. West Coast manufacturing unit employees.
The corporate and the union, whose members have been on strike for 25 days, had resumed contract talks on Monday within the presence of federal mediators.
“Though we met with Boeing and federal mediators all day, there was no significant motion to report. We shall be again at it tomorrow,” The Worldwide Affiliation of Machinists and Aerospace Employees mentioned late on Monday.
Boeing additionally confirmed mediation would proceed on Tuesday.
The union is in search of a 40% pay rise over 4 years and the restoration of a defined-benefit pension that was taken away within the contract a decade in the past.
Boeing made an improved provide final month that it described as its “finest and closing”, which might give employees a 30% increase and restore a efficiency bonus, however the union mentioned a survey of its members discovered that was not sufficient.
The strike has halted manufacturing of Boeing’s best-selling 737 MAX jet, together with its 777 and 767 widebody planes. The MAX is a key revenue-driver for the corporate at a time when it’s combating weak margins in its protection enterprise.
(Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru; Further reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Modifying by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Jamie Freed)
