Students from the Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School robotics team won multiple awards last month in the Kansas Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) robotics competition. Students and teachers from the winning team joined the virtual SPEEA Midwest Council meeting in May to thank the union for their longstanding support of the BEST program.
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 applauds the U.S. Trade Representative's comments and the Biden Administration's affirmative steps to realign U.S. trade policy with the interests of working people.
Read MoreWith Congress turning it's focus to infrastructure investment, manufacturing, supply chains, and jobs, IFPTE welcomed the introduction of the Office of Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Policy Act , a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH).
Read MorePresident Biden’s proposal commits to addressing the long-neglected physical infrastructure deficit as well as recommitting to federal policy that supports R&D, manufacturing and innovation, and workers rights.
Read MoreIFPTE members at SPEEA/Local 2001 and throughout our federation are urging Congress to include Aviation Jobs Manufacturing Act in the upcoming COVID relief package.
Read MoreIFPTE submitted a public comment arguing against any flexibility that weakens the Bank’s commitment to promoting and supporting domestic manufacturing and services and American workers.
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 MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 issued the following press release: The Boeing Company delivered layoff notices to its remaining seven Flight Training Airplane (FTA) pilots and will instead send the critical work of providing on-site training to airline customers to an overseas contract house. The 60-day notices of layoff eliminate all direct Boeing FTA pilots by the end of November – a critical moment in Boeing’s plan to return the 737MAX to service and start delivering the roughly 400 airplanes now parked around the West Coast.
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 MoreIn a statement from the union, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001) commended the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on their comprehensive investigation and report regarding the design, development and certification of the 737 MAX.
Read MoreSPEEA/Local 2001 recently teamed up with the International Association of Machinists (IAM) 751 in filing for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), also known as Trade Act, with the U.S. Department of Labor, resulting in additional federal support for SPEEA and IAM members in Washington state and Oregon who were laid off by Boeing.
Read MoreThe Boeing Corporation is reportedly contemplating refusing to accept the taxpayer-funded bailout due to minimal requirements.
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 urged congressional leaders to support the aerospace industry workforce as they consider the upcoming $60 billion aid package saying, "We urge Congress to ensure that the economic security of workers in this strategic industry be prioritized."
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