SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s Director of Strategic Development, Rich Plunkett, and Legislative Director, Brandon Anderson, traveled to Washington, DC this week to attend the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) first Aerospace Supply Chain Resilience (ASCR) task force.
Read MoreSPEEA-Local 2001 hosted its annual leadership conference on Saturday, June 12th. The conference, under the theme “Uniting for a Better Future”, was held virtually and attended by more than 100 elected council representatives.
Read MoreIFPTE welcomes the news that former SPEEA-Local 2001 Legislative Director Chelsea Mason-Placek has rejoined the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) as the Workforce Development Director. Mason-Placek will takes on the role as longtime WSLC Workforce Development Director Bill Messenger retires.
Read MoreIFPTE Sec.-Treas./Legislative Director Matt Biggs commented that, “IFPTE applauds and thanks SPEEA for continuing to be one of IFPTE’s leading locals in stepping up strong in support of the IFPTE PAC program.“
Read MoreIFPTE sent out a series of mailers in support of three SPEEA members – Matthew Joyce (Kansas House, District 81) , Derek Milligan (Kansas House, District 94) and Charity Kennedy (Sedgwick County Treasurer) – all seeking political office in Kansas.
Read MoreThe Boeing Company’s decision to consolidate 787 production in North Charleston and abandon its Dreamliner line in Everett is disappointing and frustrating to the thousands of engineers, technical workers and pilots represented by the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001).
Read MoreThe union representing engineers, pilots and other technical workers at Boeing sharply criticized the aircraft manufacturer today for its decision to fire the company’s U.S.-based training pilots and replace them with contract workers from Cambridge Communications Limited, a company located on the Isle of Man, a tax haven in the middle of the Irish Sea.
Read MoreSPEEA George Floyd Letter
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 Legislative Director Brandon Anderson updated staff this week on the union’s legislative progress on the latest COVID relief package moving through Capitol Hill, noting “SPEEA and IFPTE worked closely together over the last week to ensure that our priorities of protecting jobs, CBAs and worker safety were included in the final version passed by the Senate.”
Read MoreSupporting Docs for Aerospace Fed Financial Assistance
Read MoreIn a letter to Senator Maria Cantwell and the Washington delegation, the leadership of SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 and IFPTE outlined our list of priorities for workers in the aerospace industry impacted by our current public health crisis.
Read MoreIFPTE is proud to announce that SPEEA member Matthew Joyce is running for the Kansas legislature.
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