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Monday, October 1, 2012

News Boeing Engineers Vote to Reject Contract

Posted by on Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 11:10 PM

The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) overwhelmingly rejected Boeing's contract offer tonight. Engineers in the Professional unit rejected the contract by 9,770 to 454; workers in the Technical unit rejected it by 5,327 to 154.

“We hope the vote results clear away the nonsense and allow us to begin substantive negotiations,” SPEEA executive director Ray Goforth said in a prepared statement. “Until now, meaningful discussions have eluded us because the Boeing negotiating team was convinced they understood the members better than the SPEEA negotiating team. With this question resolved, our expectation is that everyone can focus upon getting a mutually acceptable agreement.”

The current contract expires October 6, but no strike authorization vote is currently scheduled.

 

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Fnarf 1
SPEEA are the best industrial workers in the history of the world. Best wishes.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on October 1, 2012 at 11:48 PM
2
Rob McKenna will stick it to those private sector unions!!! Somehow, no sure how, but he won't let those unions drag us down?
Posted by CbytheSea on October 2, 2012 at 12:44 AM
3
Bring in the temporary Refs!
Posted by Erok on October 2, 2012 at 1:18 AM
Last of the Time Lords 4
Can we have Brendan Kiley weigh in on this item?
Posted by Last of the Time Lords on October 2, 2012 at 3:40 AM
Simone 5
Bring out Hell on Wheels style fist fighting with the replacement Engineers.
Posted by Simone on October 2, 2012 at 8:57 AM
6
Just tear down Boeing and build another welfare sports stadium for 1%ers.
Posted by hmmmmm on October 2, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Will in Seattle 7
What @1 said.

Stuff all the Boeing Management in the 99 tunnel and open the valves.

That would improve profitability tenfold.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on October 2, 2012 at 11:47 AM
8
WiS agreeing with fnarf??? What is this world coming to?

I'll have to rethink my amusement over those December 22 doomsday "predictions".
Posted by N in Seattle http://peacetreefarm.org on October 2, 2012 at 1:32 PM

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