Strike continues at Boeing plant

RIDLEY PARK, Pa. -- A strike continued Sunday at Boeing's suburban Philadelphia helicopter plant with no more negotiations scheduled, a company spokeswoman said.

About 1,400 workers have been on strike since Saturday at the Ridley Township plant, which is best known for assembly of the V-22 Osprey.

The company released a statement Sunday night in which it said it had offered several concessions to the union during negotiations on Friday night. Among other things, the company said it had offered to pay 95 percent of medical benefits; the previous offer was 90 percent.

Officials of Local 1069 of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America planned a rally of several hundred people for the pre-dawn hours of Monday, despite a court order limiting them to two pickets at each entry to the plant. Union officials said because the action they planned for early Monday was a rally, not a picket line, it would comply with the court order.

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