Boeing asked to include SPEEA employees in company-wide furloughs, despite a stipulation in the union contract that prevents them.
RENTON, Wash. — The SPEEA union unanimously rejected a request from Boeing to include their represented employees in company-wide furloughs designed to save cash during the ongoing machinists’ strike.
SPEEA, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, represents around 17,000 engineers, technical workers, pilots and other professionals in the aerospace industry employed by Boeing and their recently acquired supplier SpiritAerosystems.
Another prominent union in the company, IAM District 751, which represents more than 30,000 machinists, is currently on strike – pausing production on several
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