Engineering union slams second Boeing proposal

[rsmith6621]

http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019726575_speeaboeingxml.html

Boeing on Tuesday presented a new contract offer to its white-collar union that bumps up the wage increases proposed in its initial offer in September and makes other improvements to that original proposal.

But the union leadership swiftly dismissed the improved offer as not good enough.

Ray Goforth, executive director of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), said the union negotiating team is likely to reject the offer.

A new vote of the 23,000-strong membership could come soon after Thanksgiving, along with a vote on authorizing a strike.

“This is once again across-the-board pay and benefit cuts,” said Goforth.

[Egalitarian Thug]

1. K&Fing R!

I'm ashamed for DU for ignoring this. You can practically hear the sour grapes in the silence.

Why doesn't a crab pail need a lid?

[Union Scribe]

2. k&r, solidarity

I don't like the tone the article begins with though. It seems to stress the company's efforts and makes the union sound greedy with its "not good enough" line.

[HiPointDem]

3. kr. yeah, there's a shortage of engineers, that's why they're trying to cut their

pay.

the "STEM shortage" is a big fat fraud.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. All of the students I advise get quality offers every semester

Other areas not so much

[HiPointDem]

6. not sure of your point. mine is that during a labor shortage wages go up, not down.

[onethatcares]

4. it would be nice to be able to see the offers

side by side.

After reading the article I can't figure out what is really going on.