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October 6, 2008

 
 

Second Boeing strike looming? SPEEA gears up for negotiations -- updated


Posted at 12:54 pm by Michelle Dunlop

Based on Boeing engineers’ comments in SPEEA’s latest monthly magazine, you might get the feeling that Boeing has a second strike brewing.

The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace is getting ready to head into serious negotiations with the Boeing Co. later this month. The union has been surveying members on SPEEA’s proposal, submitted in early September.

Last week, Boeing and SPEEA reviewed salary information, as Boeing’s negotiator, Doug Kight, wrote about in this memo. SPEEA officials have been frustrated by what they call a lack of information sharing on salary and benefits.

The comments from (unidentified) SPEEA members sound fairly similar to those of Machinists before the IAM started intense contract talks with Boeing earlier this fall.

From SPEEA members:

“No more offshore-outsourcing. The company is getting killed financially with the outsourcing.”

“I bet Doug Kight popped like a gerbil in a microwave when he read this proposal. I will not accept additional costs and risks snuck in the back door.’”

“I am very disillusioned by the tactics Boeing is taking .This management is destroying the best of Boeing.”

“At this time, I personally find no reason to work a significant amount of overtime because of how little we earn for being away from our families.”


“Looks like it’s time to get the walking boots out again.”

UPDATE -- 5:35 p.m.

Boeing has added some interesting video on its SPEEA negotiation page about the design and build of the next new aircraft.

In one video, Boeing's Mike Denton responds to the question of whether it would be best for Boeing to retain some production of the fuselage or wings on the next new aircraft. Denton's answer: yes, but Boeing hasn't determined which section, or how much of it, that will be.
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