October 28, 2010
M10-041
TO: SPEEA Council
FROM: Organizational Planning Committee
SUBJECT: Pre-Submitted
New Business: Motion authorizing an organizing
campaign for members
of the Airplane Manufacturing Pilots
Association (AMPA)
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Background
SPEEA staff was recently approached by officers
of the Airplane Manufacturing Pilots
Association (AMPA) about the possibility of their
joining our union. This organization is comprised
of pilots who are employees of The Boeing Company. This was promptly reported to the Organizational
Planning Committee in accordance with our Governing Documents. It is expected that our current staff can
provide support as required. The Organizational Planning
Committee has reviewed this potential addition to SPEEA and believes that it is
consistent with our Governing Documents, the applicable portions of which are
as follows:
SPEEA
Constitution, Part
1, Introduction
The purpose of SPEEA shall be to foster
unity among engineers, scientists and technical employees who constitute the
aerospace community to the end that they can improve their economic,
professional and social status through the medium of collective bargaining and
all other legal means.
2.1.
Composition of SPEEA
2.1.1.
Addition of Bargaining Units
The addition of new Bargaining Unit(s) to SPEEA or any change in
the composition of any Bargaining Unit shall meet the following requirements:
The addition of any Bargaining Unit(s) which contain(s) either Boeing, Boeing wholly-owned subsidiary, Boeing joint
venture or Successor employees or a change to the composition of any existing
Bargaining Unit(s) shall not require ratification by the Regular Membership of
SPEEA.
The
addition of any Bargaining Unit(s) employed in the Engineering, Technical &
Scientific Community which does not contain either Boeing,
Boeing wholly-owned subsidiary, Boeing joint venture or Successor employees
shall require ratification by a simple majority vote of the Regular Membership
of SPEEA by referendum.
SPEEA Policy Manual, Section II
- Council Actions; Subsection D - Expansion
1. Organizing is defined as that
activity leading up to recognition of SPEEA as the collective bargaining
representative for a specific group of employees.
2. SPEEA policy is to organize
groups that contain technical/professional employees of Boeing, Boeing wholly
owned subsidiaries, Boeing joint ventures or successor employers. a.
Preliminary discussions that indicate the existence of an organizing
opportunity shall be reported to the SPEEA Organizational Planning Committee.
b. Each
distinct organizing effort will be approved by the SPEEA Council prior to filing
with the appropriate agency.
c. The
Organizational Planning Committee will receive timely and continuing updates on
each distinct organizing effort and shall report to the SPEEA Council on these
activities.
3. Organizing of groups of
employees other than those described in [2] above requires specific Council
approval.
4. Where specific Council action
is required, the Organizational Planning Committee will present the facts and a
recommendation to the SPEEA Council.
5. The SPEEA Council is
committed to finding ways to make the process used by non-represented workers
to form a bargaining unit more efficient and less costly. The following should
be among the considerations when organizing new SPEEA bargaining units:
a. Community of
interest between the proposed new members and the existing SPEEA membership;
b. Ability of
the proposed new members to enhance bargaining power and/or strategic leverage
of the existing SPEEA membership;
c. A
cost/benefit analysis of the new bargaining unit’s additional dues revenue
versus cost of providing services to the proposed new members.
SPEEA
By-Laws, Section 2 –
GENERAL
2.1 -
Composition of SPEEA
2.1.1.
Addition of Bargaining Units
The addition of
any bargaining unit(s) consisting of employees of Boeing, Boeing wholly-owned
subsidiaries, Boeing joint ventures or successor employers shall require
authorization by the SPEEA Council. The addition of any bargaining unit(s)
consisting of employees in the Engineering, Technical & Scientific
Community which does not contain either Boeing, Boeing
wholly-owned subsidiary, Boeing joint venture or successor employees shall
require the SPEEA Council to initiate a referendum to the membership per the
requirements of the SPEEA Constitution.
Motion
It
is moved that The SPEEA Council authorizes the following actions:
1) An organizing campaign leading to the addition of all members of the
Airplane Manufacturing Pilots Association (AMPA)
2)
The addition of Airplane
Manufacturing Pilots Association (AMPA)
as a new bargaining unit within the
Northwest Region.