Boeing plays hardball after SPEEA members spurn contract offer

Boeing ratcheted up pressure on SPEEA, the union representing 17,000 engineers, scientists and technical workers, after its members rejected the largest wage increases offered in 40 years and voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike. In an Aug. 21 message to union members, Boeing said it had withdrawn perks for 2026 that it had promised the white collar union for early approval of the new…