EVERETT — In a test of the labor group’s might, the Boeing Co.’s engineers union narrowly won a challenge Tuesday to its representation in Kansas.
The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace represents about 2,327 technical workers at Spirit Aerosystems, a key Boeing supplier. The union’s professional and technical workers in Wichita voted 1,073 to 895 keep union representation at Spirit. Tuesday’s vote does not affect the 675 Spirit engineers also represented by SPEEA.
The labor group begins talks with Boeing this fall to negotiate a new three-year contract for its engineers and professional workers here in the Puget Sound region. SPEEA represents about 24,000 engineers and technical workers across the country at companies including Boeing, Spirit, BAE Systems and Triumph Composite Systems.
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