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Monthly Publication September 2015 Prof and Tech negotiations Member survey www.speea.org Prof and Tech contracts Nominating Committee for Negotiations Team The Nominating Committee, shown here, coordinates the application process and conducts interviews for the Prof and Tech Negotiation Teams. Application details will be coming soon to www.speea.org. Shown here, from left, are Behyar Goudarzian, secretary, Doug Brazeal, chair, Heinz Holzinger and Karen Karonis. Not shown: Mike Shea, vice chair. See more – page 2. Mike Shea Unions secure Get to know Council SPEEA pilot layoff support –4 officers – 6-7 an ATF – 10 Volume 59, Number 9, September 2015 ISSN 0194-8687 President Ryan Rule Executive Director Ray Goforth Executive Board Bob Wilkerson Treasurer Jimmie Mathis Secretary Members of the Negotiation Prep Committee are shown here (above: Tukwila and below: Everett) at a meeting last month. They are working on member surveys to determine priorities for upcoming negotiations. Joel Funfar NW Regional VP Brent McFarlane NW Regional VP Shannon Moriarty NW Regional VP Prof and Tech contracts Keith Covert MW Regional VP SPEEA Council Officers Theryl Johnson Chair Gearing up for negotiations Nikki Wagener Treasurer Members of the Prof and Tech bargaining units are gearing up for contract negotiations. Sandra Hastings Secretary Midwest Regional Council Officers Negotiation Prep Mark Gayer Chair Committee Matthew Joyce Treasurer One of the first steps in pre- Melisa Lowe Secretary paring for negotiations is Northwest Regional Council Officers finding out what’s important Tony Hickerson Chair to members in the upcom- Orlando De Los Santos Treasurer ing contract talks. Members James Raskob Secretary of the Negotiation Prep SPEEA Publications Committee are conducting a brief online survey (the first Bill Dugovich Communications Director of several) to ask members Lori Dupuis Graphic Designer/Web Developer about workplace issues and Karen McLean Publications Editor top priorities. Amber Musselman Communications Support The committee is also working [email protected] • www.speea.org on member outreach, through lunchtime meet- ings, for example, with topics such as ‘Intro to published monthly by: Negotiations.’ Ask your Council Rep to schedule Society of Professional Engineering Employees Act today! in Aerospace, IFPTE Local 2001, AFL-CIO, CLC a lunchtime meeting in your area. Take the online contract survey 15205 52nd Ave S • Seattle, WA 98188 • (206) 433-0991 at www.speea.org Negotiations Nominating Reproduction rights reserved. No part of this publication may be Display SPEEA visibility items – reproduced without permission. When permission is granted, mate- Committee including the ‘Be Prepared’ negotiations card rial must be used in context and credit given to the SPEEA SPOTLITE. The Nominating Committee coordinates the Attend Original articles and feedback are solicited. application process for the negotiation teams as a lunchtime meeting – ask your well as interviewing the candidates. Council Rep to schedule Subscription rate: $2.00 per year. Get active – join a SPEEA committee $2.00 of the annual membership dues is paid as a The nominating committee includes Doug year’s subscription to the SPEEA SPOTLITE. Brazeal, Council Rep and chair, Mike Shea, Talk to your Council Rep (contact informa- Council Rep and vice chair, Behyar Goudarzian, tion at www.speea.org – Member Tools/Find POSTMASTER: Address changes to: The SPEEA SPOTLITE, secretary and Area Rep, Karen Karonis, Council Your Council Rep) 15205 52nd Ave S, Seattle WA 98188. Rep, and Heinz Holzinger, Area Rep. By serving Periodicals Postage Paid at Seattle, Washington Sign up on the nominating committee, they are auto- for home email at www.speea.org and text SPEEA to 30644 matically ineligible to apply for their bargaining SEATTLE HALL unit negotiation team. Look for more updates at www.speea.org. 15205 52nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98188 Negotiation Team application – details com- M-Th, 8 am to 5 pm • Fri, 8 am to 4:30 pm ing soon. Phone: (206) 433-0991 • 1 (800) 325-0811 Negotiation Team elections Correction EVERETT HALL Council Reps will vote early next year on five In the August Spotlite article on the Puget Sound 2414 106th Street SW, Everett, WA 98204 members for their bargaining unit (Prof or Tech) Labor Agency (Celebrating 40 years of caring), M-Fri, 8 am to 4:30 pm teams. Members of the two teams participate in the non-profit number was listed incorrectly for Phone: (425) 355-2883 training and work with staff to negotiate with Fred Meyer Community Rewards program. The The Boeing Company based on input from the correct number is 93350. WICHITA HALL members, case histories and market analysis. 973 S Glendale St, Wichita, KS 67218 M-Th, 8:30 am to 5 pm • Fri, 8 am to 4:30 pm Prof and Tech contracts expire Oct. 6, 2016. Phone: (316) 682-0262 2 SPEEA SPOTLITESEPTEMBER 2015 President's Corner By Ryan Rule, SPEEA President Recognizing our bond with Machinists and other unions ith the majority of our members shar- mitment to work together, the SPEEA Executive Recognizing our common issues and work ing Boeing as our employer, SPEEA Board and Machinists District Lodge 751 recent- with fellow union members is appropriate with and Machinists District Lodge 751 ly approved a joint statement of support. While Labor Day, Sept. 7, almost here. First proposed Wmembers have always shared the bond of being it is sometimes easy to forge agreements and in 1882, the idea to establish a federal holiday co-workers, as well as union brothers and sisters. then let them fade into the background, this recognizing the contribution of workers finally Working jointly this past year to bring account- statement is different – our unions are already became a reality in 1894. Frequently, Labor Day ability to Washington State’s Aerospace Tax cooperating, collaborating and working together. is seen primarily as the end of summer; however, Preferences resulted in almost daily communi- The statement is actually our commitment to it is much more than that as it honors our work cations between our staffs and leaders. That work continue. as engineers, technical workers, pilots, machin- has ebbed somewhat with the legislature out of Of course the Machinists are not the only union ists, fire fighters, truck drivers, security guards session, but with our two bills and the need still at Boeing SPEEA regularly works with. As a and every American worker. It’s our day to enjoy! alive, the joint work continues. member of the Coalition of Labor Unions at The renewed certification of Trade Adjustment Boeing (CLUB), we work issues and cooperate Assistance (TAA) for laid off Boeing workers is whenever possible with all the unions at Boeing. Joint statement of support another example of SPEEA and the Machinists CLUB unions recently sent a letter inviting new SPEEA – IAM Lodge 751 Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to meet, and working together on an important issue to Recognizing the inherent bond among the help our members and other Boeing employees we are hopeful that this may take place in the near future. manufacturing and engineering workforce at who were victims of layoff. District Lodge 751 The Boeing Company, IAM District Lodge President Jon Holden has my personal thanks SPEEA also works with many other unions 751 and SPEEA, IFPTE Local 2001, agree for taking the lead to prepare and file for this individually and as members of labor councils to cooperate, collaborate and work together important benefit. This help from the IAM is in Washington, Kansas, Oregon and California. when possible on issues that impact our rep- even more significant when we take into account Members working at Spirit AeroSystems and resented employees. that more SPEEA members than Machinists Triumph Composite Systems extend our expertise Approved Aug. 6, 2015 were laid off during the past year. beyond Boeing into the supplier network. It is also To recognize and formalize our two unions’ com- a regular practice for members and staff to visit labor councils and offices while on union travel. Area Reps help with outreach anizheh Sedghinasab, a technical ana- Bair has another good reason to get lyst, does not shy away from a prob- involved in SPEEA – she wants to help lem. She wanted to know more about with communication regarding nego- MSPEEA, so she asked a lot of questions. tiations. “That’s the biggest reason – Now she’s a Council Rep who wants to get more because I hope to make a difference Area Reps to help her share information from next time,” said Bair, who works in 787 and to SPEEA – particularly with negotiations customer engineering. on the horizon. Sedghinasab is thrilled to have the help “I wanted to learn,” she said about her decision to with member outreach and communi- cation. Already, she said people are coming to Manizheh Sedghinasab, center, is shown here at a fill a Council Rep vacancy. “The best way for me Northwest Council meeting next to Council Rep Jim Lee. to learn was to help people. With contract nego- her with questions related to SPEEA. SPEEA Treasurer Bob Wilkerson is seated behind her. tiations coming up, I wanted to be a part of it.” “To meet more than 200 people (average dis- She also reached out right away to recruit more trict size) on a one-by-one basis is not easy,” said Area Reps for the Tech district E-8 in Everett. Sedghinasab, who works in Knowledge Based Page Engineering. “But if something comes up to the Trade Act a lifeline, but sign of deeper problems ........................4 Laura Bair is one of the Area Rep, they can refer them to me.” people who responded State legislators deserve more credit .........................................5 to the request for more Area Reps such as Bair will go a long way toward A closer look at SPEEA’s newly elected Council officers...........