The union that represents some 23,000 Boeing engineers and technical workers in the Puget Sound area, Oregon and Utah has recommended its members reject Boeing's proposal for a new contract.
The union that represents some 23,000 Boeing engineers and technical workers in the Puget Sound area, Oregon and Utah has recommended its members reject Boeing’s proposal for a new contract.
That proposal would raise the average salaries of engineers to $126,000 and of technical workers to $89,000 over the four-year term.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/business/2012/09/18/contract-offer-rejection-recommendation-sets-stage-for-boeing-strike/
Just when Boeing really needs its engineers, they’re voting on whether to strike.
The union for Boeing’s technical workers is planning its next move after members rejected a contract offer, splitting with engineers represented by the same union who approved the deal.
The union representing Boeing's engineers and technical workers alleged this week that the company is illegally banning employees from passing out union leaflets at the company's Everett plant and unlawfully requiring workers' mandatory meetings about an ongoing vote on a contract proposal.
The union representing Boeing’s technical workers says it will make no recommendation when it asks members to vote this month on the company’s latest contract offer, which is identical to the one technical workers narrowly rejected Feb. 19.
In a re-vote tallied Monday night, Boeing technical workers overwhelmingly approved a new four-year contract that replaces pensions with a 401(k) retirement plan for new hires.
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