Contract talks for 18,000 Boeing workers open today - 11/01/05

Submitted by Jesse Russell on October 31, 2005 - 3:55pm
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Talks open today (Tuesday) at Boeing with SPEEA Local 2001, representing 18,000 professional engineers and technical workers. Union spokesman Bill Dugovich (Doo-ga-vitch) says health care, wages, retirement and job security are all central issues and Boeing is doing very well financially…

[Bill Dugovich] : "We're cautiously optimistic that we can come to a reasonable agreement with the Boeing company and meet all of our needs and meet the company's needs too."