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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace

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Professional aerospace union; 20,000 men and women who design, test and certify things that fly. Union halls in Seattle; Everett, Wash.; and Wichita, Kan. Join us! speea.org/join-us/membership-applic…

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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“We secured many victories that some thought were completely out of reach when this negotiation cycle started,” said the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, which represents about 13,000 #Boeing engineers and 4,000 technical workers. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/01/b...
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Boeing engineers and technical workers approve new contract, avoiding strike
The work group comprises Boeing's largest white-collar union.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Members of our #union’s Professional and Technical bargaining units have both ratified four-year contract offers from #Boeing. Members of the Prof Unit approved their contract by 67.62%. Members of Tech Unit approved their contract by 53.48%. speea.org/profs-and-te...
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Profs and Techs vote to approve contract offers - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
Members of our union’s Professional and Technical bargaining units have both ratified four-year contract offers from Boeing. Message from the Negotiation Team We secured many victories that some thoug...
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Reminder: Voting on #Boeing's contract offers concludes at noon TOMORROW!
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Livin' on the Ledge! Members of our #union's NW New Hire/Young Members Committee hiked up Rattlesnake Ledge in the Cascade foothills Saturday.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) members will begin voting at noon on whether to approve the latest four-year contract. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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Engineers, technical workers ready to vote on Boeing’s contract offer
16,000 Boeing engineers and technical workers are preparing to vote on a new contract offer from the company.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Voting on the revised #Boeing contract offers starts Thursday!
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The vote came at a special meeting of the two Bargaining Unit Councils (BUCs) on Sept. 22. speea.org/prof-and-tec...
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Prof and Tech Councils recommend ‘yes’ votes on contracts - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
The Bargaining Unit Councils for SPEEA’s Professional and Technical units are both recommending that their members accept the company’s latest contract offer. The offers “meet most of the needs of the...
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The motion to join the boycott was approved at the Northwest Council’s meeting on Sept. 17. The boycott will continue until unionized workers at the company have ratified a collective bargaining agreement. speea.org/nw-council-b...
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NW Council: Boycott Starbucks to urge fair contract - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
SPEEA’s Northwest Council has endorsed a nationwide boycott of Starbucks and is calling on the union’s 17,000 members in Washington, Oregon, California and Utah to stop buying Starbuck’s coffee and ot...
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Solidarity means showing up for each other. Every worker. Every fight. Always. Union baristas, your SEIU family has your back. ✊🏿💜 No contract? No coffee. PERIOD.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Gallup polling organization asks the same question about #union approval every year. This year’s level of union approval tied with 2022 for the highest level since 1965. nwlaborpress.org/2026/09/unio...
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Union approval at highest level in 61 years
Americans mostly want more union power, but they don’t think it’s likely.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The details about #Boeing's final offer are now available online. speea.org/prof-and-tec...
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Details on Boeing final offer available on SPEEA’s website - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
The details about Boeing's final offer are now available online. About voting Voting on the offer will begin at noon (Pacific) on Thursday, Sept. 24 and will conclude at noon (Pacific) on Thursday, Oc...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 16/09/2026
Working people are worried about their futures. We shouldn’t have to live in fear for our jobs or our lives because of AI. That’s why 90% of Americans want REAL AI guardrails — to protect our jobs, rights and privacy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/ma…
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US workers overwhelmingly support union-backed policies on AI, poll says
Nine out of 10 workers express support for policies on artificial intelligence that labor unions may fight for
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A minute before the collapse was reported, the National Weather Service Wichita said 75 mph winds were detected at McConnell Air Force base, roughly a mile east of the Boeing campus. www.yahoo.com/news/weather...
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Strong winds take out part of a 70-foot wall at Boeing. No injuries reported
Emergency crews responded to the Boeing Wichita campus in the southeast part of the city after a 70-foot wall partially collapsed on Tuesday afternoon.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Northwest Tellers Committee, which runs all SPEEA Northwest Council elections, has set the voting period to start at noon (PT), Thursday, Sept. 24, and closing at noon (PT), Thursday, Oct. 1. speea.org/prof-and-tec...
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Sept. 14: Negotiation update – answers to questions - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
As you are likely aware, our Negotiation Team received a final offer from Boeing on Friday, Sept. 11, for members to vote. We know you have questions. Here are some preliminary answers: What’s in the ...
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If approved, the roughly 17,000 members of ​SPEEA's professional and technical units would get a 10% wage raise on ⁠October 16, followed by 4% raises plus merit-based increases in 2027 through 2030. www.reuters.com/business/wor...
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Boeing and engineers' union reach tentative contract agreement
Boeing ‌and its engineering union reached a tentative contract agreement on Friday, union officials said.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Our SPEEA team credited the activism of the union’s members for moving #Boeing to a better proposal than the one rejected on Aug. 21. speea.org/prof-and-tec...
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Negotiations Team receives Boeing final offer - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
The Negotiation Team has concluded bargaining with Boeing and has received the company’s final offer. Our SPEEA team credited the activism of the union’s members for moving Boeing to a better proposal...
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thursday’s talks focused in large part on compensation, with the SPEEA team emphasizing the need for large up-front guaranteed wage increases. #NoNerdsNoBirds speea.org/prof-and-tec...
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Sept. 10: Team reports significant progress - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
Our union’s Negotiation Team made significant progress in talks with Boeing on Thursday and planned to continue working late into the night toward a second contract offer from the company. Thursday’s ...
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
More #RedShirtWednesday pix, this time from #Boeing's Thompson Site #NoNerdsNoBirds
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Specifically, the team worked with management on remote work/work-from-home language that would allow directors to approve requests, instead of requiring approval from a vice president. speea.org/prof-and-tec...
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Sept. 9 update: Red Shirts make a difference - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
On Wednesday, our Negotiation Team divided into working groups that met with Boeing executives to further analyze and discuss the proposals the SPEEA team had presented on Tuesday. Specifically, the t...
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 09/09/2026
“The company is dramatically raising the workers’ share of the monthly cost of premiums, even doubling the cost in some cases, pricing even more baristas out of the healthcare we need.” - Jasmine Leli, Starbucks barista and union bargaining delegate
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Starbucks raises health insurance premiums, sparking worker tension
The price tag for health insurance at the company nearly doubled, and the employer is contributing a lower share, catching some workers off guard.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From Everett to Plant II, SPEEA members were out in force on #RedShirtWednesday #NoNerdsNoBirds
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The SPEEA Negotiation Team met with #Boeing leadership to resume negotiations Sept. 8. Members of the SPEEA Negotiation Team reinforced key member concerns regarding trust and compensation as the foundation for this contract. speea.org/prof-and-tec...
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SPEEA-Boeing negotiations resume Sept. 8 - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
The SPEEA Negotiation Team met with Boeing leadership to resume negotiations Sept. 8. Members of the SPEEA Negotiation Team reinforced key member concerns regarding trust and compensation as the found...
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Labor Day with @mlklabor.bsky.social and all the elected officials wanted pictures with the #WorldsCoolestNerds Thanks @repkimschrier.bsky.social @jayapal.house.gov @cmtmosqueda.bsky.social and everybody else who stopped by to say hi #NoNerdsNoBirds
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Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO @wslc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Join ILWU Local 25 siblings Saturday, 9/12 at Shilshole Bay Marina to stand up for union jobs on our waterfronts. Longshoremen are holding an informational picket as American Cruise Lines refuses to use union labor to dock & load its vessels, a standard at West Coast ports.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Longshoremen are holding a series of informational pickets informing customers and community that American Cruise Lines is refusing to use #union labor, a standard at West Coast ports www.thestand.org/2026/09/ilwu...
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ILWU pickets cruise line in Seattle
Longshoremen are holding a series of informational pickets informing customers and community that American Cruise Lines is refusing to use union labor, a standard at West Coast ports SEATTLE, WA (Sept...
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"This #Labor Day, let’s recommit to putting more power in the hands of working people. That means giving more workers the freedom to organize. And it means setting an ambitious goal worthy of the moment: tripling #union membership." www.epi.org/blog/the-ans...
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The answer to a stronger economy is more union power
This Labor Day, workers across the country are sending a clear message: they want a greater voice on the job. A near-record 71% of Americans approve of unions and surveys show over 50 million nonunion...
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hang with our #union fam this #Labor Day weekend. (Use the QR code for a list of events)
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
More scenes of today's #RedShirtWednesday activities from around the Pacific Northwest #NoNerdsNoBirds
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Taking it to the streets! SPEEA members rallied outside #Boeing facilities along East Marginal Way in Seattle today. #NoNerdsNoBirds
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Don't forget tomorrow is #RedShirtWednesday! #Solidarity #NoNerdsNoBirds
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Americans’ strong desire for #unions to gain influence coincides with labor union approval tying its recent high. news.gallup.com/poll/713936/...
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Record-High 47% Want Unions to Have More Influence
Support for labor unions is at its modern-day peak in the U.S., both in approval and in Americans' desire for unions to gain influence.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The two ​sides met on Monday to ​discuss resuming negotiations. www.reuters.com/business/wor...
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Boeing, engineers union to resume contract negotiations on Sept 8, union says
Negotiators from Boeing ​and the union representing engineers ‌and technical workers in Washington and other states will resume contract ​talks on September 8, ​the union announced on Monday.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The SPEEA Negotiation Team met with #Boeing leadership to discuss next steps on Monday, Aug. 31. The two sides agreed to resume negotiations starting Tuesday, Sept. 8. speea.org/prof-and-tec...
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SPEEA negotiations set to resume with Boeing Sept. 8 - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
The SPEEA Negotiation Team met with Boeing leadership to discuss next steps on Monday, Aug. 31.   The two sides agreed to resume negotiations starting Tuesday, Sept. 8. At today’s meeting, the Negotia...
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Red Shirt Monday? Why not. Let's turn #Boeing red on Monday in support of our Negotiation Team as it heads back to the table. #NoNerdsNoBirds #LFG
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
SPEEA’s Negotiation Team will meet with #Boeing negotiators on Monday to discuss next steps, after reviewing survey data that showed the No. 1 priority that #union members want to see in their next contract is immediate, and large, guaranteed wage increases. speea.org/prof-and-tec...
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Survey results and next meeting with Boeing - SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001
SPEEA’s Negotiation Team will meet with Boeing negotiators on Monday to discuss next steps, after reviewing survey data that showed the No. 1 priority that union members want to see in their next cont...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 26/08/2026
Our proud union sister, Dolly Parton ✊ www.thenation.com/article/economy/d…
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Dolly Parton Was a Proud Union Sister
Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“Before she was an icon, Dolly was a working musician,” explained AFM International president Tino Gagliardi, who got his start as a New York–based trumpet player. www.thenation.com/article/econ...
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Dolly Parton Was a Proud Union Sister
Organized labor is celebrating the life and legacy of an artist who championed working women and carried a union card for almost 60 years.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What's the best part about #RedShirtWednesday? 1. Not having to agonize about what to wear in the morning 2. Red SPEEA shirts are free and ALWAYS in fashion 3. Red sends a really strong message to the people who need to be listening to us right now #NoNerdsNoBirds
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Prof and Tech unit members: Join us for Thursday's hybrid Town Hall meeting. Learn about the latest survey results from the Negotiation Team. #NoNerdsNoBirds
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Don't forget tomorrow is #RedShirtWednesday! Wear red, smile at the camera and say "SPEEA!"
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Oregon Labor Federation, AFL-CIO @oregonaflcio.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"We’re striking because hardworking people don’t deserve to be treated this way.” Learn more about why IBEW 125 members are on strike at Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative in Eastern Oregon - and take action to help them win a fair contract. ow.ly/y9Vh50ZEZMJ
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Will you be ready for the most-epic #RedShirtWednesday in SPEEA history on Aug. 26? #NoNerdsNoBirds
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Katheryn Durkee, a materials and process engineer who also serves on the bargaining team, says #Boeing's decisions are leading to staff turnover. "You need people who are willing to be there to learn the very specialized skills that we have." #NoNerdsNoBirds finance.yahoo.com/small-busine...
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Boeing union ready to strike after rejecting contract offer
Members of one of Boeing’s biggest unions have rejected a contract offer from the company and have authorized a strike if further talks fail.
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Prof and Tech unit members: Take the survey! Your input will guide our Negotiation Team members when they return to the table with #Boeing. www.research.net/r/2026PostVo...
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2026 Post Vote Survey
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
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AvGeeknologist @avgeeknologist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Nice quote: "SPEEA members "really want to have careers and not jobs at Boeing," said Katheryn Durkee, another member of the union's negotiating team."
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"The #aerospace manufacturer is at risk of a costly work stoppage that would ripple through its factories and engineering labs, undermining the turnaround taking place under CEO Kelly Ortberg."
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“It’s important to acknowledge how we got here; this mistrust was built brick-by-brick over the past several contracts,” Negotiation Team members said. #NoNerdsNoBirds komonews.com/news/local/b...
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Boeing engineers, technical workers reject contracts, could strike after fall deadline
Members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), the union for aerospace professionals at Boeing, have rejected proposed colle
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"the membership has made clear that the current offer falls short, and without significant improvements to the last offer, they are prepared to strike.” #NoNerdsNoBirds www.everettpost.com/local-news/s...
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SPEEA members reject Boeing contract offer, authorize strike but willing to talk - Everett Post
TUKWILA — Members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, voted to reject a 4-year labor contract offer […]
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Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
A work stoppage by SPEEA members would further delay #Boeing's certification campaigns for its 737 Max ​10 and 777-9 planes, both of which are several years behind schedule. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Boeing engineers, technical workers reject contract offer
Boeing engineers and technical workers overwhelmingly rejected the U.S. planemaker's ​four-year contract offer, union officials said on Friday.
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