Society of Professional Engineering and Technical
Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA)tentative
Agreed The Best and Final Offer
to
Vote approve it on Dec. 1st
According
to the Boeing News, dated November 15, 2005: Boeing and SPEEA reached
on Contract Offer for Engineers and Technical Employees in Puget
Sound and Portland.(1)
Boeing
Executive Board and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Alan Mulally
addressed to all Puget Sound and Portland Employees that
"During negotiations, we listened carefully
to SPEEA negotiators and addressed our employees' top priorities-pay,
the Employee Incentive Plan, health care and
retirement benefits. We believe this
is a respectful and competitive offer that recognizes the great
work of our engineering and technical team and enhances our competitiveness
going forward." (2)
CEO
of Boeing Commercial Airplanes also addressed that "We
encourage all SPEEA-represented employees to take time and carefully
review the offer to make a well-informed decision. Details about
the offer are available on the negotiations Web site at www.boeing.com/negotiations.
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Seattle
pi.com, dated November 15, 2005 reported that "The Society
of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA,
"strongly" recommended that its members
accept the contract, which will, for the first time, place
engineers and technical employees into Boeing's employee incentive
plan, or EIP, which offers payments based on how well the company
does. Represented employees could receive their first annual EIP
check in February." (3)
Highlights
of New Contract Offer
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Competitive
Pay
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Average
engineering salary increases from $82,060 to at least $95,884
over the 3-year contract
Average technical employee salary increases from $61,744 to
at least $71,134
Salary reviews with SPEEA for 2007 and 2008 to keep pay competitive
in the market
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Employee
Incentive
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Potential
of 20 days extra pay annually .
Allows
employees to share in the company's success.
First
potential payout in first quarter 2006 based on Boeing's 2005
performance .
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Excellent
Benefits
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Enhanced
health care coverage with no increase in employee cost share.
Pension – monthly basic benefit formula increased 16.5% to
$70.
Increased
company match to the 401(k) savings plan .
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Key
elements of the contract include:
Annual Salary Adjustment Funds
| Salary
Adjustment Fund |
2006
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2007 |
2008 |
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Base
Salary adjustment Fund
- Professional
Unit
- Technical
Unit
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BMarket
Adjustment fund
- Professional
Unit
- Technical
Unit
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Dependent
on Market analysis
Dependent on Market analysis
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Dependent
on Market analysis
Dependent on Market analysis
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Promotion
Fund
- Professional
Unit
- Technical
Unit
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1.5
percent minimum annual salary increase for each Professional
Unit Employee;
2 percent minimum annual salary increase for each Technical
Unit Employee |
Boeing
has agreed to review with SPEEA the company’s annual salary
market analysis for 2007 and 2008. At that time, Boeing will
determine if increases to the salary adjustment funds are
needed to keep employee pay competitive with other companies.
You
can see more detailed information with this link
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Competitive
Pay
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The
offer includes an incentive pay plan that allows SPEEA-represented
employees to share in the company’s financial success and
align with the incentives in place with professional employees
throughout much of the company. The Employee Incentive Plan
(EIP) provides a potential of 20 additional days’ pay per
year, depending on the company’s performance against specific
measurements. If the company meets its annual operating target,
the plan generates a 10-day payout; exceeding the target produces
a larger payout.
“This
contract feature aligns the majority of our salaried employees
around our business plan and rewards them for their efforts
to continuously improve our quality and productivity and meet
our performance goals,” said Mulally..
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Health
Care Benefits
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The
company is offering enhancements to the Traditional Medical
Plan and the Select Network Plan (formerly called Selections),
with no increases in cost share for employees. The Select
Network Plan, the health care plan that currently requires
zero premiums for employees in Washington, will no longer
require referrals to specialists. Under the Traditional Medical
Plan, network services currently paid at 95 percent will be
paid at 100 percent.
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Retirement
Benefits
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The
basic monthly benefit formula for pensions will increase 16.5
percent to $70 per month per year of service, up from $60
per month. The alternate formula remains unchanged. Employees
who retire under the alternate formula gain from salary increases
prior to retirement and from annual Employee Incentive Plan
payouts.
The
company match in Boeing’s 401(k) savings plan will increase
from 50 percent to 75 percent for the first eight percent
of pay that employees invest in the plan.
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Early
Retiree Medical
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Current
employees and retirees continue to be eligible for early retiree
medical coverage. Boeing provides these benefits to eligible
employees who retire before age 65, prior to becoming eligible
for Medicare. To better align benefits for professional employees
across the company, SPEEA-represented employees hired on or
after Jan. 1, 2007 will not be eligible for early retiree
medical benefits.
Boeing’s
contract offer concludes two weeks of intensive negotiations.
SPEEA voting is conducted by mail, and ballots will be counted
prior to contract expiration at midnight on Dec. 1. If the
three-year contract is ratified, it goes into effect Dec.
2.
Details
of the contract proposal are available online at
www.boeing.com/negotiations.
Employees and families who have questions about the offer
can also call the Boeing Negotiations Call Center at 1-877-225-2186.
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It
is positive to see that The Society of Professional Engineering
Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA, and strongly
recommended that its members accept
the contract.
It
is the first time, place engineers and technical employees into
Boeing's employee incentive plan, or EIP, which offers payments
based on how well the company does.
Represented employees could receive their first annual EIP
check in February.
Many
people and Many employees of the Boeing Company have commented
that "The Boeing Company is becoming the Best place to work
and best benefit package they are offering and they
better take it." I frankly agree with that statement.
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