SPEEA members’ children who are going to start their first year of college in the fall can apply for labor union scholarships.

Join SPEEA members and others in urging Congress to include the bipartisan Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection Act in COVID-19 relief bills.

If passed, the Act would provide much-needed relief to workers by restoring U.S. aerospace jobs and preventing further wide-spread layoffs in the aerospace manufacturing industry, including suppliers.

The legislation is led by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) in the Senate and Reps. Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Ron Estes (R-KS) in the House.

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With the SPEEA Action Alert, you can easily personalize a template email. By entering your zip code, the email goes directly to your district/state’s Congressional leaders.  

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The Tellers validated petitions for nine candidates for three Northwest regional vice president seats and two candidates for one Midwest regional vice president seat.

Northwest candidates - three positions

Names are in ballot order – determined by a random drawing

SPEEA will mail a ballot packet, including candidate information, to members’ homes by Feb. 24. Ballots are counted March 10.

Reminder about campaigning

Federal law prohibits candidates and their supporters from using company/union resources such as work email or bulletin boards.

Candidates can, at their expense, mail campaign literature to members’ homes. They work with a bonded mailing house. Addresses are never provided directly to a candidate. 

SPEEA shares the shock of our nation at the events which took place this
week in Washington D.C. and state capitals.

The vote of the people and the peaceful transition of power are core values upon which our democracy, society, and working families depend. SPEEA condemns
all efforts to hinder this process through violence, intimidation, or other violations
of law.

SPEEA calls upon all members of civil society to set aside our policy differences and unite to help our nation peacefully move forward.

We congratulate President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on their lawful election to our country’s highest offices.

SPEEA has partnered with Rapid Response Teams in Washington and Oregon to hold informational webinars for employees who receive a WARN notice or volunteered for layoff.

Webinars continue each Tuesday in Oregon. While no new webinars have been scheduled in Washington, new webinars will be scheduled on an as-needed basis and posted to this website.

Information provided in the webinars is tailored for the locations where members receive services.

At the webinars, representatives from state Employment Security, WorkSource, Community and Technical Colleges, Employment Benefits Security Administration and Labor Councils provide information about services, benefits, and answer questions.

SEATTLE – The Boeing Company delivered layoff notices to its remaining seven Flight Training Airplane (FTA) pilots last month and will instead send the critical work of providing on-site training for airline customers to Cambridge Communications Limited (CCL), a contract house based in the Isle of Man.

Once hired and working for Boeing, the contract pilots are provided Boeing uniforms and business cards making them indistinguishable from Boeing’s own flight training pilots when they work with airlines and regulatory agencies.

The move came just days after the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released its investigation of the 737 MAX. Based on a year-long investigation, the report, along with citing a “culture of concealment” in Boeing management,  calls on the company to provide additional training specific to the 737 MAX upgrades to every airline pilot flying the plane after it returns to service.

“I cannot believe Boeing chose this moment to fire their highly experienced training pilots and outsource their work to contractors they don’t even control,” said SPEEA Executive Director Ray Goforth. 

At press time, SPEEA was preparing other actions to take on behalf of the pilots.

IFPTE News Release - President of the Engineers Union Slams Boeing Plan to Fire Top-Notch Training Pilots

SPEEA Press Release - Boeing eliminates customer Flight Training Airplane pilots, sending jobs to overseas contract house

The Boeing Company and Spirit AeroSystems issued additional involuntary layoff notices to SPEEA-represented employees on Friday,September 18.

SPEEA contract administrators continue to review the layoff information provided by Boeing and Spirit to ensure accuracy and compliance with union contracts.

SPEEA is scheduling webinars, rapid response meetings and working to help impacted employees. The SPEEA website is being regularly updated with information to assist members. Workplace Council Representatives and SPEEA Contract Administrators are available to answer members' questions.

Visit the Layoff assistance information page.