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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Mike Benbow, Business Editor benbow@heraldnet.com   Published: Monday, December 1, 2008 SPEEA accepts Boeing’s contract Herald staff The Boeing Co. dodged a second strike when its engineers union approved a four-year labor contract Monday night. Members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace accepted contracts that provide wage increases each year, increase pension and allow union members more say in company decisions on outsourcing. Seventy-nine percent of SPEEA engineers who voted accepted Boeing’s offer. About 69 percent of the union’s technical workers who voted approved their contract. About 14,000 SPEEA members voted on the contract out of 20,500 eligible members. Boeing saw members of its Machinists union walk off the job in early September and stage a 57-day strike when contract talks with that union broke down. The company attributed setbacks in its new 787 Dreamliner, 747-8 jumbo jet, and 777 Freighter programs to the strike. READER COMMENTS Be the first to comment. You must be a registered user and verify your e-mail address to post comments to blogs or articles on HeraldNet. To register, click here. To read other terms and conditions, click here. Log out

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