Just released:
SPEEA and Boeing reach tentative agreement on new contracts
SEATTLE
– Tentative agreement was reached today between the Society of
Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local
2001, and Boeing on new four-year contracts covering 21,000 engineers
and technical workers.The two
sides reached agreement early Friday. Union negotiators are
recommending members approve the agreements. If approved by union
members, the agreements will replace existing contracts that expire
Dec. 1.Two contracts are involved in the negotiations. The first covers 14,000
engineers in the SPEEA Professional Bargaining Unit. The second
contract covers 7,000 technical workers in the union’s Technical
Bargaining Unit. While the majority of workers are in the Puget Sound
region, the contracts cover employees in Oregon, Utah and California.
Both contracts expire Dec. 1.No details can be released until after union negotiators present the
agreements to the SPEEA Professional and Technical bargaining unit
councils at a special meeting set for 5 p.m., this evening (Friday,
Nov. 14).Main Table negotiations started Oct. 29.
Source: SPEEA.org
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