Boeing-SPEEA negotiations continue.SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1995--Negotiations toward a new three-year contract between Boeing (language) BOEING - An early system on the IBM 1130. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. and its engineers and technical workers continue with little word of when a tentative tentative, adj not final or definite, such as an experimental or clinical finding that has not been validated. agreement may be ready for consideration by union members. Charles Charles, archduke of Austria Charles, 1771–1847, archduke of Austria; brother of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. Despite his epilepsy, he was the ablest Austrian commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars; however, he was handicapped by Bofferding, executive director of the Seattle Seattle (sēăt`əl), city (1990 pop. 516,259), seat of King co., W Wash., built on seven hills, between Elliott Bay of Puget Sound and Lake Washington; inc. 1869. Professional Engineering Employees Association (SPEEA SPEEA Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace SPEEA Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Association ), says the union negotiating team has "strong reservations" about The Boeing Co.'s proposals on health care benefits and wage compensation. The union started negotiations with Boeing on Oct. 23 and had hoped to have a contract proposal ready for members next week. "The Boeing Co. went too far on their take-backs in the benefits arena. The company went too far," Bofferding said. "We're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are not certain we will be lifting an offer by Friday, or anytime soon." SPEEA seeks to maintain health care benefits at their current level and gain guarantees that all bargaining unit A bargaining unit in labor relations is a group of employees with a clear and identifiable community of interests who are (under U.S. law) represented by a single labor union in collective bargaining and other dealings with management. members will receive some salary increases during the next three years. As of Wednesday, work on benefits and wage compensation had only been dealt with in negotiating sub-committees, Bofferding said. SPEEA has not yet seen an official proposal at the main bargaining table. Preliminary indications are that the company's proposal will contain similar take-backs to those that caused the International Association of Machinists to strike Boeing on Oct. 6. Support for SPEEA is growing. The union gained 300 new members in October -- the largest monthly increase in recent years. Early indications are that even more people will join the union in November. "They are pouring in," Bofferding said. "People are quickly realizing that there are real issues at stake and they can't go at it alone." Union members point to renewed public support. "Boeing is a leader in the employee benefits arena," Bofferding said. "If they succeed in implementing take-backs, every employee in the region will feel it. If the top comes down, everything comes down." CONTACT: SPEEA Charles H. Bofferding III, 206/433-0991 or Bill Dugovich, 206/227-3968 (wk), 206/631-2993 (hm) 206/954-9298 (cellular) |
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