Boeing’s engineers union has a new president, who was elected by a margin of five votes.
Tom McCarty was elected as the new president of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, the union announced last night. McCarty beat out his closest competitor by just five votes. Because of that narrow margin of victory, the other candidates have a right to appeal the vote count.
If not, McCarty’s two-year term will begin March 24. McCarty succeeds Cynthia Cole as president of the union, which represents more than 20,000 engineers and technical workers at Boeing.
Only about 14 percent of eligible SPEEA members voted in the election. McCarty won 769 votes. Ryan Rule received 764 votes; Larry Marrell, 639; Joel Funfar, 630.
SPEEA’s labor contract with Boeing here in the Puget Sound region expires in late 2012.
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