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Engineers union at Boeing ( BA ) investigates allegations that

company

is moving work to non-union locations

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SPEEA members raised concerns after Boeing ( BA ) started issuing

layoff notices in November

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Union fears downsizing could shift work from Seattle area

SEATTLE, Jan 22 - Boeing's ( BA ) engineering union is formally

investigating claims from its members that the company is moving

work to non-union locations in the United States and overseas.

The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in

Aerospace (SPEEA) formally began investigating the allegations

in December, when it requested relevant information from Boeing ( BA ),

the union's Director of Strategic Development Rich Plunkett said

Wednesday.

Union officials worry that the company is using a

company-wide downsizing mandate to send work away from the

Seattle area, where SPEEA represents 17,000 Boeing ( BA ) workers.

In October, Boeing ( BA ) CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company would

cut roughly 10% of its workforce, or 17,000 jobs, "to align with

our financial reality." The U.S. planemaker recorded nearly $8

billion in losses through the first nine months of 2024. The

company is expected to report more losses when it releases its

year-end results on Tuesday.

In November and December, Boeing ( BA ) issued layoff notices to

more than 4,000 U.S. workers, including 660 to SPEEA members,

according to publicly-available state employment records and the

union.

Soon after the first round of notices went out, SPEEA

officials started hearing from members that "at least some of

the work that was being performed by those subject to layoffs is

now being sent to other Boeing ( BA ) locations," Plunkett said.

Boeing ( BA ) declined to comment on Wednesday.