Executive Council Statement
On Strike Against the Boeing Company
… in seven states. For more than nine months, representatives from SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 met with Boeing in an effort to reach a new collective bargaining agreement. During this period: Boeing disciplined the engineers' bargaining chairman for expressing the employees' point of view to the press; Boeing refused to engage in meaningful negotiations on economic items despite the company's record profits and aggressive acquisition strategy; Boeing threatened to retaliate against employees who engage in their right to strike. These activities are the subject of unfair labor practice charges pending before the National Labor …