Boeing Techs Vote to Strike, Engineers Accept Offer
SPEEA workers rally outside Boeing offices in Kent, Washington. (Photo: SPEEA)
SPEEA workers rally outside Boeing offices in Kent, Washington. (Photo: SPEEA)

Members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) returned a split decision on Boeing’s offer for a new four-year contract. Engineers agreed to accept the offer by a count of 6,483 to 5,514, but technical workers voted to reject by a tally of 3,203 to 2,868. Although the technicians also granted their SPEEA negotiating team authorization to call a strike, avenues to avoid a walkout remain, said SPEEA director Ray Goforth, suggesting further meetings between union leaders and the company negotiators could result in a last-ditch settlement.