Boeing engineers, tech workers voting on contract

February 19, 2013 @ 5:15 am

SEATTLE (AP) - The union for Boeing's engineers and technical workers is counting ballots Tuesday on a contract offer and whether to authorize a strike.

The union, Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, is recommending that members reject the offer because it would not provide pensions to new employees. They would have a 401k retirement plan instead. The union calls that unacceptable. Boeing says the change is important to the company's future.

The union also wants the authority to call a strike if subsequent negotiations fail.

The union represents 23,000 employees, mostly in the Puget Sound region. Negotiations began in April and union members rejected one offer in October. The previous contract expired in November.

SPEEA went on strike for 40 days in 2000.


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  • black_bart wrote...
    In this economy.....
    December 8, 2012 10:32 am
    You should be glad you are working, Not doing everything you can to ship jobs from here to other states. Really guys why not just tell Boeing to leave already. Your jobs and taxes are not wanted here, it would seem.
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  • deltta wrote...
    "You should be glad you are working"
    December 8, 2012 10:43 am
    If I hear that one more time........
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  • ScoSher77 wrote...
    @delta
    February 19, 2013 12:28 pm
    And what are you going to do if you hear that one more time? Scream, throw a temper tantrum?
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  • shark75 wrote...
    Strikes are like Christmas for the unions
    December 8, 2012 12:20 pm
    One strikes comes to an end, start planning for the next!!! Fire all of their a*sses! I'm sick of hearing about strike after strike. YES, they will find qualified replacements easily..............
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  • CH wrote...
    See you in South Carolina Boeing! . . . .
    December 8, 2012 1:19 pm
    got your bags packed Ace Jackwagon?
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  • ScoSher77 wrote...
    @CH
    February 19, 2013 12:30 pm
    Are yours? Or are your butt cheeks frozen to an ice cap on Mt Rainer?
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  • Ted Bundi wrote...
    Man, it seems like they strike every year...
    December 8, 2012 5:52 pm
    .
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  • Kosh wrote...
    They Should
    January 17, 2013 5:49 pm
    Just close down all the Washington State plants and fire everyone. Unions are no longer needed for ANYTHING !!!
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  • CH wrote...
    Definition of vendor - seller: somebody who sells something -
    January 17, 2013 5:51 pm
    Airplane Batteries? by the way am I talking to Flounder or Bill Lawn?
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