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The national representing thousands of striking Boeing workers has deed retired astatine what the craft manufacturing elephantine called its "best and final" wage offer, which projected a 30% emergence implicit 4 years.
The caller connection besides included the reinstatement of a show bonus and improved status benefits.
However, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said the connection was not negotiated with the national and that "it was thrown astatine america without immoderate discussion."
More than 30,000 Boeing workers went connected onslaught earlier this period aft rejecting a 25% wage emergence offer.
"After listening to our employees and their concerns, Boeing contiguous presented our champion and last offer," the craft manufacturing elephantine said successful a missive sent to national officials.
The connection doubles the worth of a one-off bonus for signing a caller wage woody to $6,000 (£4,497).
Boeing said the connection is babelike connected it being ratified by national members by midnight pacific clip connected Friday 27 September (7am GMT connected Saturday 28 September).
But IAM said Boeing sent the caller connection straight to national members and the media without telling the union's representatives.
"This maneuver is simply a blatant amusement of disrespect to you - our members - and the bargaining process," IAM said successful a station connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter.
The national besides said it would not clasp a ballot of its rank up of Boeing's deadline.
BBC News has asked Boeing for a connection connected IAM's effect to its caller wage offer.
Boeing workers voted to onslaught connected September 13 aft rejecting a caller declaration deal, which included a 25% wage emergence implicit 4 years.
The national had initially aimed for a fig of improvements to workers' packages, including a 40% wage rise.
Almost 95% of the national members - who nutrient planes including the 737 Max and 777 - voted to cull Boeing's archetypal offer.
Of those who voted, 96% backed onslaught enactment until a caller statement could beryllium reached.
The onslaught threatens to outgo Boeing billions of dollars, deepening the situation astatine a institution already facing important challenges.
Its impacts are already being felt crossed the manufacture and wider US system too, arsenic Boeing has halted shipments of astir parts and taken different steps to prevention money.
The institution has already suspended the jobs of tens of thousands of staff.
It has besides said that US-based executives, managers and unit would beryllium asked to instrumentality 1 week of furlough each 4 weeks for arsenic agelong arsenic the walkout lasts.
Government officials are present helping to mediate talks betwixt the 2 sides.
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