Bell Helicopter has a new three-year contract with a union representing about 175 engineering workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS -- The company said the Bell Production Engineers Association ratified the contract Sunday night by a three-to-one margin. The contract includes a cumulative wage increase of 10.4 percent over the three years of the deal, and each union member will receive a $3,000 cash ratification bonus.
Last month, a union representing 2,500 manufacturing workers ended a nearly-six-week strike after members ratified a four-year contract. Bell and the United Auto Workers Local 218 were finally able to reach an agreement after several failed attempts during the strike.
Bell Helicopter is based in Fort Worth, and its parent company is Rhode Island-based Textron Inc.
