In recent days, the union had ramped up expressing its desire to restart negotiations with Wichita's second-largest employer.

Textron Aviation and Local 774 (District 70) have decided to resume negotiations after three weeks of the current strike.

Sherri Pelz was a Beechcraft employee before it was bought out of bankruptcy by Textron and merged with Cessna Aircraft. Former Beechcraft employees work under a different retirement plan than those who worked at Cessna at the time of the merger. She had a pension plan, for example.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The strike at Textron Aviation continues. It is now in its third week.

Rosales has been one of the people running the operations of the strikers at the west location, which is operating out of the parking lot of the Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union No. 441, located off of Kellogg in front of Towne West Square.

Striking workers on the picket lines received support from the president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).

With the Textron Aviation machinists strike now in its third week, both sides are voicing a willingness to negotiate — but a return date to the bargaining table remains elusive.