Boeing Nears Engineer Strike Vote as Union Balks at Terms
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Boeing Co.’s engineers face an “increasingly likely” request for strike authorization from the union after a wage plan offered by the planemaker today fell short of expectations, a labor leader said.
“They’ve included a couple of poison pills in this proposal, to eliminate the pension and cut the salary growth, that make it difficult for me to see a path to an agreement,” Ray Goforth, executive director of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or Speea, said in an interview today. “It’s increasingly likely the negotiating team will seek strike authorization soon.”