Boeing and the Machinists union will return to the bargaining table Monday, resuming negotiations as the strike enters its fourth week.

Boeing's largest union said on Friday that talks will resume between the two sides on Oct. 7, as both seek an agreement that would put an end to a strike by around 33,000 of the planemaker's U.S. West Coast factory workers.

Boeing’s 2024 labor strike continues as the company and a key union didn’t make any progress negotiating on Friday. Retirement benefits are a sticking point.

Boeing's union has the aerospace company over a barrel. Boeing can afford to raise wages but only at the cost of a big cut in profits.

The latest round of talks between Boeing and machinists, mediated by federal officials, broke off without progress, according to the union.

Boeing Co. and its largest labor union are heading back to the bargaining table on Monday in a bid to end a three-week strike that’s shut down airplane manufacturing in Oregon and Washington.

Boeing machinists remain on strike over pay and pensions, and the National Association of Manufacturers warn it will create an economic loss of $1.6 billion in less than a month.

Boeing machinists who’ve been on strike nearly three weeks are getting some help from state taxpayers in the form of healthcare and dental coverage, which lapsed for them on Sept. 30, due to the walkout.