Textron Aviation has proposed its final contract offer to Boeing employees represented by the machinists union before the contract expires at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22. The new proposed four-year contract offers a 26% pay increase over the four years,

The Machinists union negotiating committee is asking union members to vote in favor of Textron Aviation’s “best and final” contract offer, but some union members say they would rather strike.

"Now that Textron has had a good past couple years, now it's time to give back to the people who got them there," one union member said at Tuesday's rally.

Union members at Textron Aviation held the rally at Naftzger Park in downtown Wichita near the hotel where company and union officials are conducting the negotiations. After the rally, the group marched down the sidewalk to the hotel blowing whistles and fog horns.