Delle-Femine confirmed that Northwest offered to increase its wage proposal from $ 31 an hour for an average senior mechanic to $ 33, a 25 . 7 percent increase from the current rate of $ 26 . 25.
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Northwest agreed to raise the pay for a senior mechanic more than 24 percent to $ 29 . 95 an hour at the date of signing, rising to more than $ 33 an hour by the contract's fourth year.
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The two sides returned to the bargaining table Friday after the airlines'nearly 13, 000 mechanics and aircraft cleaners turned down a proposed contract on Feb . 12 that would have given senior mechanics an immediate 37 percent pay raise.
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The proposed contract, like the one rejected last week, would give the most senior mechanics an immediate 37 percent pay raise _ their first raise since 1994 _ bumping them up to dlrs 35.14 an hour, or about dlrs 73, 000 a year.
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The proposed contract, like the one rejected last week, would give the most senior mechanics an immediate 37 percent pay raise _ their first raise since 1994 _ bumping them up to dlrs 35 . 14 an hour, or about dlrs 73, 000 a year.
