The negotiation team for the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace’s (SPEEA) non-engineering unit in Wichita, Kansas, unanimously recommended that members approve Boeing’s proposal.
Boeing completed its $4.7 billion takeover of Spirit AeroSystems on Dec. 8, and contract talks started after the deal closed due to labor law restrictions.
The planemaker’s offer “gives us better medical benefits, better dental benefits, more vacation time and a decent set of salary pools for raises,” said James Hatfield, who chaired the union’s negotiation team…