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INSIGHT SEATTLE -- The Machinists union denounced pension and work place proposals from Boeing Co. on Wednesday, claiming the world's biggest aerospace company is trying to provoke a strike by the union's 25,000 members. Contract talks between Chicago-based Boeing and its largest union are souring with less than a week before Boeing's Aug. 27 deadline to deliver its "best and final" contract proposal. The union already complained about what it said was a change in tone at the start of intense negotiations Aug. 15. A federal mediator has been brought in to assist in the talks. "Boeing is proposing takeaways in every important area of the contract, job security, pensions and health care," said Machinists union chief negotiator Dick Schneider. "These proposals are certain to anger our members and trigger a strike, and Boeing knows it." But Boeing spokesman Chuck Cadena called the accusations "absurd." "We do not want a strike, strikes hurt everyone," he said. "Our approach is going to remain the same, to be professional, cooperative and be focused on finding solutions and agreement," he said. Boeing is willing to do everything "reasonably possible to reach an agreement," he added. The Machinists represent Boeing production workers in Washington state, Wichita, Kan., and Portland, Ore., primarily in the company's commercial jet factories. Other unions represent workers at major Boeing production centers in St. Louis, Philadelphia and Southern California, and the company's engineering and technical employees.
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