SPEEA Rally Thursday to Keep Doctors in Healthcare Network.SEATTLE -- The union representing engineers and technical workers at The Boeing Company will rally on the steps of Regence BlueShield headquarters Thursday (June 1) to keep doctors in their healthcare network. The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) is a major Boeing engineering employee labor union. It is often known for its massive member base. External links
SPEEA Seattle Professional Engineering Employees Association ), IFPTE IFPTE International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers Local 2001, will be joined by doctors, families and other affected groups at the rally set for 4 p.m., Thursday, June 1, in front of the Regence BlueShield offices, 1800 Ninth, Seattle (near the corner of 9th and Howell). More than 400 SPEEA members sent emails and letters to Regence and Boeing outlining concerns about the new "high-performance" network. SPEEA estimates that 6,000 represented employees in the Puget Sound Puget Sound (py  `jĕt), arm of the Pacific Ocean, NW Wash., connected with the Pacific by Juan de Fuca Strait, entered through the Admiralty Inlet and extending in two arms c. region will be affected because one of their family's doctors is suspended from the network. SPEEA represents 22,870 engineers, technical and professional employees in Washington, Kansas, Oregon, Utah and California. The union, which is affiliated with the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) is a 75,000-member trade union affiliated with the AFL-CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress. The IFPTE was founded on July 1, 1918, as the American Federation of Technical Engineers. (IFPTE), also represents workers at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., in Wichita, Kansas, Triumph Composite Systems, Inc., in Spokane, Wash., and at BAE Systems, Inc., in Irving, Texas. |
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