Members from SPEEA’s Northwest Region recently talked about the value of being represented by a labor union. The video is one of several produced as members prepare for contract negotiations.
Spirit Aerosystems Video site
Hear what employees at Spirit AeroSystems have to say about Spirit's recent bonus. www.speeanow.org
Preparing for Spirit negotiations
Negotiation team members and staff prepare for contract talks that start May 20 with
Spirit AeroSystems. Clockwise, from left, are team members Terri Sullard, Mae Glessing,
Mark Gayer, SPEEA staff Jessica Bonebright, team member Matthew Joyce and SPEEA
Midwest Director Bob Brewer. Top issues for talks include a performance bonus,
retirement improvements and wage increases.
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Boeing shifts costs to workers’ families
Wanting to shift more than $8.2 million of health care costs onto SPEEA members is at the heart of The Boeing Company’s decision to make the Traditional Medical (TMP) the low-cost plan and begin charging premiums for the Select Network plan.
The extent of the cost-shift occurs if employees do not change medical coverage during open enrollment, May 2 to 22. Employees with families will receive the brunt of the higher costs. The May SPEEA Spotlite covers this issue in more depth, but you can also see the links below for more information.
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SPEEA rallies with Congress for tanker
Cynthia Cole, president of SPEEA - IFPTE Local 2001, speaks at a rally in Washington, D.C. recently with members of Congress. Senators and Congressional representatives from Washington and Kansas urged reevaluation of the Department of Defense decision for the aerial refueling tanker replacement. The rally supported the Boeing 767-AT.
Link to video from the rally - http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boeing%20tanker&uploaded=w
Press Release - April 9, 2008
SPEEA says latest 787 slide shows
failure of Boeing's global supply plan
SEATTLE – As The Boeing Company today issued another six-month delay for the 787 Dreamliner, the union representing engineers and technical workers called on the aerospace giant’s Chicago-based leaders to correct its flawed reliance on global partners and bring the work back while the company still has the in-house experience to do it right.
Link to press release
Link to report: Challenge in Aerospace Leadership
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