"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.

Textron Aviation is the parent company of two of the largest general aviation aircraft producers in the world, Cessna and Beechcraft. The company is a business segment of the larger conglomerate Textron.

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.

"We believe this is one of the best contracts in decades, which is why the Local Lodge 774 negotiating committee is recommending ratification," IAM District 70 president Lisa Whitley said.