SPEEA-IFPTE Local 2001 Responds to Announced Purchase of Spirit AeroSystems by the Boeing Company

SPEEA released the following statement in response to the announced purchase of Spirit AeroSystems by the Boeing Co.:

The announced sale of Spirit AeroSystems to Boeing, brings some certainty to the nearly 3,000 engineers, technical and professional workers at Spirit that SPEEA represents.

“Barring any regulatory concerns, we now know that the re-acquisition of Spirit is happening. That frees up company officials to talk substantively about how this will impact employees,” said Ray Goforth, SPEEA’s executive director. “SPEEA will work with representatives from both companies and will provide answers to our members as information becomes available.”

SPEEA represents in all more than 19,000 engineers, scientists, pilots and technical workers at Boeing and Spirt, working in Washington, Oregon, Kansas, California and Utah.

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See SPEEA-IFPTE Local 2001’s website for more information.