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One microscopic concession and three “deal breakers.”

That’s the Machinists union’s tally subsequently it reviewed Boeing’s initial offer for a new contract Friday.

Boeing dropped a proposal to separate Machinists in Wichita into a distinct bargaining unit.

However, the offer also contained what International Association of Machinists (IAM) public aerospace coordinator Mark Blondin referred to as “deal breakers”:

• Allowing Boeing to outsource building-maintenance work, provided the union is given 90 days to bid for the drudge against outside contractors;

• Eliminating early-retiree medical benefits for workers hired as of 2010;

• Replacing the traditional basic pension with a 401(k)-style plan for workers hired as of 2009.

The union had asked Boeing in a meeting Thursday night at the SeaTac Doubletree Hotel to change a clause in the running water contract imposed by the social meeting in 2002 that allows outsourcing of intellect delivery inside the factory. Instead of doing that, Boeing expanded the potential with respect to outsourcing by the building-maintenance preparation proposed Friday.

“They want to bring in suppliers to do virtually any job in this place,” Blondin said, citing electricians, plumbers, maintenance mechanics and heating technicians. The language proposed, he declared, “would put thousands of facilities-maintenance jobs at risk.”

Boeing spokesman Tim Healy said an initial offer is just a starting salient trait, implying that the articles of agreement can barely gain ground for the Machinists over the next week.

“This is the first well stocked day of negotiations,” Healy said. “We are going to be negotiating till we drop the final offer.”

On the economic side, the smear raises are significantly boosted by the addition of a productivity-incentive delineate.