TUKWILA — Boeing delivered it’s latest contract offer to engineers and technical union members on Friday, three weeks after the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace rejected the first company offer. The existing labor deal expires on October 6.
The latest bargaining session between Boeing and SPEEA negotiators produced an offer that includes:
- A 10% Guaranteed Wage Increase (GWI) for all Prof and Tech unit-represented workers effective Oct. 16.
- A 4% GWI for all Prof and Tech unit-represented workers in March 2027.
- A 6% annual wage pools for 2028, 2029 and 2030, with each year having a 4% guaranteed increase for all.
- Revised language regarding work-from-home, overtime limits for Prof unit members and a new process for communicating Boeing’s future workforce needs to help SPEEA members plan their careers at the company.
Given the improvements, the SPEEA negotiation team is recommending members accept the offers. That same recommendation was made to the previous labor contract offer but was ultimately rejected by SPEEA rank and file in August, leading both sides to resume negotiations that have resulted in the current offer. A date for the new contract vote will be announced later, SPEEA said.
Details of the offers to SPEEAs Prof and Tech units will be presented to the Bargaining Unit Councils September. 17, and then shared with the general membership.
SPEEA, in a prepared statement, credited the activism of the union’s members for moving Boeing to a better proposal than the one rejected on Aug. 21. Since then, thousands of union members have taken part in marches and rallies on Boeing property around the Northwest.
On August 21, SPEEA members of overwhelmingly voted to reject Boeing’s previous four-year contract offer and authorized a potential strike. The initial proposal was turned down over concerns regarding wage protections, specifically a 3% cap on inflation-linked raises that failed to match local inflation rates.