Boeing gave its engineering union an initial five-year contract proposal Tuesday afternoon. Neither the union or Boeing would provide details of what the offer includes.
There’s more work to do between now and the time the company presents its final offer, said Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace Midwest director Bob Brewer.
“It’s an initial offer and we don’t want to go into the weeds (with the details),” said Boeing spokesman Jarrod Bartlett. “We expect it’s going to change many times before anyone offers a best and final (proposal).”
The company looks forward to hearing SPEEA’s response from the offer, Bartlett said.
Negotiations continue Wednesday.
SPEEA represents about 700 engineers at Boeing Wichita. Expiration of the current contract has been moved from Friday to the end of December to give members time to study the final offer before voting, the union said.
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Maybe all those SPEEA engineers that feel “disrespected” should just quit and go to work at Airbus? In case they haven’t noticed, the airlines are in major financial trouble, and several of the companies who have traditionally bought and leased commercial aircraft to the airline companies (AIG & GE have been 2 major players) are having severe financial troubles themselves and will not likely be buying & leasing as many aircraft in the future. Maybe SPEEA can join the labor union in helping Boeing become like the auto manufacturers in Detroit, buried under high costs in a competitive & deteriorating industry.