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Paid family and medical leave

SPEEA event at Museum of Flight Nearly 100 members and their fami-

lies learned from a panel of speakers about the benefits of paid family and

medical leave at the Museum of Flight.Several SPEEA committees joined efforts with the Executive Board to host the event which featured a lawmaker, a labor activist and a policy director talking about legislative efforts to secure guaranteed income for all workers in the state when employees take family or medical leaves of absence.At the panel discussion, Sen. Karen Keiser, D-33rd district, gave an update on related bills (SB5032 and HB1116). Nicole Grant, executive secretary-treasurer, Martin Luther King County Labor Council, discussed the results of statewide polling which shows widespread support for securing paid leave through legislative efforts. Marilyn Watkins, policy director for the Economic Opportunity Institute, pointed out studies showing the positive impact of

paid leave on families. See more about the event in the June SPEEA Spotlite.SPEEA Council Reps Daniel Peters and Carrie Rule, who are members of both the Northwest New Hire and Young Members committees, also participated as panel speak-ers, and several members volunteered to help, including Roger Aisaka, Emmanuel Domingo, Mitchel Gogert and Nikki Wagener. Last October, the SPEEA Council voted 90 to 3 in favor of efforts to secure paid leave, through the companies where represented employees work, “in addition to or in absence of, local, state and/or federal policies.” Boeing leaders recently told SPEEA that the company does not plan to extend its new non-union paid leave benefit (up to three weeks) to SPEEA-represented Profs and Techs. Bills in the Washington state legisla-ture call for guaranteed income for three to six months.

Council Rep elections and vacanciesThe Northwest Tellers validated peti-

tions to fill vacant Council Rep seats. Congratulations to the newest

Council Reps:• E-50 (Everett) – Byron D. Henderson• C-10 (California) – Bruce Davies

SPEEA will send ballots to members’ homes in the following districts with contested races:

• E-2 (1 position) – Kelly D. Frankenberry and David Wilkinson

• E-8* (1 position) – Dan Nowlin and Manizheh Sedghinasab

• E-22 (1 position) – Aaron M. Allen, Tarja Kallinen and Becky Peppard

Ballots are due by noon, Wednesday, June 7. Tellers will validate results.

Vacancies If you have a minimum of one year of mem-bership, reside in one of the following dis-tricts and want to serve as your co-workers’ SPEEA liaison, see the details below.

• Developmental Center – D-4• Everett – E-3, E-10, E-13, E-25, E-28• Kent – K-2 and K-3• Plant II – P-2• Renton – R-1• Second shift: DS-10, ES-10 and RS-10

Some districts have more than one Council seat.

Running for a vacant seatEligible members must complete a petition and submit a statement (150 words max) by June 7. For the petition and district delinea-tion, go to www.speea.org (drop-down menu – Councils/Forms and Petitions). Submit to terryh@speea.org. *The results of the initial election were deemed invalid by the Tellers due to a viola-tion of campaign rules.

Members and their families are shown here with panel speakers at SPEEA’s paid family and medical leave discussion at the Museum of Flight May 6. SPEEA offered free museum admission for those who attended the event.

New MW Council Reps – P2

Executive Board committees – P3

New Council officers – P4

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Executive BoardJimmie Mathis Treasurer Joel Funfar SecretaryShannon Deacon NW Regional VP Mark Worden NW Regional VP Mike Shea NW Regional VP Keith Covert MW Regional VP

SPEEA Council OfficersTheryl Johnson ChairMatthew Joyce TreasurerSandra Hastings Secretary

Midwest Regional Council OfficersMatthew Joyce ChairChris Streckfus TreasurerEmily Forest Secretary

Northwest Regional Council OfficersTony Hickerson ChairJames Raskob TreasurerDoug Brazeal Secretary

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Getting to know the newest Midwest Council Reps WI C H I T A –

Congratulations to all newly seated

Council Reps. The three new Council Reps in the Midwest recently attended basic training (to be scheduled for the new Northwest Council Reps).The new Midwest Council Reps represent co-workers in the Wichita Technical and Professional Unit (WTPU) at Spirit AeroSystems.Shelly Jones, S-2, is a long-standing SPEEA Area Rep who has been helping her Council Rep share information and help find answers to co-work-ers’ questions about SPEEA. “I have a strong desire to lead the WTPU members in my area with their concerns within our day-to-day careers,” she said in a written statement about why she wanted to run. Both of her parents were active in their unions. Her mother was a shop steward at Raytheon, and although her father has been  retired for six years, he is still active with the Sprinkler Fitters union and still attends union meetings.Tonya Sanders, S-12, also served as an Area Rep, which helped her learn more about SPEEA. She was co-chair of the Midwest Women’s Advocacy Committee for the past year, and wanted to take the next step in get-ting involved in SPEEA. “With my involvement, and diverse experi-ences in other organizations, I have learned that it is not just about hearing someone’s voice, but listening to it,” she said in her

written statement. Sanders is looking forward to developing leadership skills in this role as well as helping to develop a culture that “promotes collabo-ration and transparency” and to be a part of positive change.Lori Ryan, S-24, has been a union member since she went to work at Spirit AeroSystems. She initially joined the Machinists union and then signed up as a SPEEA member when she transferred into a WTPU-represented job. “I want them (co-workers) to know it’s ‘WE,’ and not ‘THEY,’” she said in her written statement. “I want them to understand our union is only as strong as our membership. I hope to help in strengthening that.”Ryan had also stepped up as Area Rep in 2012. She wants to give her co-workers an “approachable, open and honest view of what the union really stands for.”

Additions to Wichita contractsThe Executive Board agreed to two

changes to SPEEA contracts with Spirit AeroSystems regarding the grievance

process and interpretation of terminology for health benefits.Called a Letter of Understanding (LOU), the interim contract changes apply to both the Wichita Engineering Unit (WEU) and the Wichita Technical and Professional Unit (WTPU).SPEEA can now file grievances on behalf of employees who want to bring charges against the company. This change supersedes a court ruling that required individuals to file their own grievance. When SPEEA files a griev-ance, the process starts at Step 3 (submitting a grievance in writing to Human Resources). SPEEA also agreed to interpret “insurance pre-

miums,” “premiums” or “medical premium cost” as the cost of coverage. The LOU was prompted by Spirit changing to self-insured group health coverage. For self-insured group coverage, the cost is determined by the for-mula for COBRA (aka ‘continuation cover-age’) without the 2% administration charge. The LOU also states the “Employee Premium Contribution” means an employee’s share of the cost of benefit coverage. All SPEEA bargaining unit contracts and LOUs (interim agreements) are online at www.speea.org (drop-down menu: Bargaining Units/Contracts).

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New Midwest Council Reps Lori Roberts, Shelly Jones and Tonya Sanders attended Council Rep training at the SPEEA Wichita office.

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Executive Board mini-minutes – May 4Attendees: Ryan Rule, Jimmie Mathis, Joel Funfar, Shannon Deacon, Mark Worden, Mike SheaExcused: Keith CovertCouncil officers: Orlando De Los Santos, Theryl Johnson, Matthew Joyce, Mark Gayer, Tony HickersonGuests: Evan Wipf, Peter HasegawaStaff: Ray Goforth, Robin Fleming, Steve Spyridis, BJ Moore, Matt Kempf, April Rebollo, David Glenn, Bill DugovichAt their regular meeting, the Board:• Approved the April 17 Spirit Letter of

Understanding (LOU) for arbitration of grievances.

• Approved up to eight hours compensated time each for John Dimas, Mark Friesen and Tony Hickerson to participate in support of a hearing in Olympia, May 2.

• Approved nominations to the following Executive Board committees:

o Communications – Joel Funfar, Ryan Rule, Shannon Deacon and Mike Shea

o Finance – Jimmie Mathis, Keith Covert, Joel Funfar, Mark Worden and Shannon Deacon

o Grievance Review – Mark Worden, Shannon Deacon, Keith Covert and Joel Funfar

o Legislative Action – Joel Funfar, Keith Covert, Jimmie Mathis, Mark Worden and Mike Shea

o Organizing – Jimmie Mathis, Ryan Rule, Mike Shea and Joel Funfar

o Policy – Joel Funfar, Keith Covert, Jimmie Mathis, Mark Worden and Mike Shea

o Staff Negotiations – Ryan Rule, Jimmie Mathis and Shannon Deacon

• Appointed NW Vice President Mark Worden to the Hearing Board.

• Reaffirmed the appointment of Dave Baine to the Pierce County Central Labor Council and the Washington State Labor Council for the 2016-2018 Labor Council Delegate term and Brent McFarlane to the Martin Luther King County Labor Council and the Washington State Labor Council for the 2016-2018 Labor Council Delegate term.

• Approved up to 16 hours compensat-ed time each for Ronda Cockrell and Donna Lehane to attend the 39th Annual Kansas AFL-CIO Community Services Conference May 31 - June 2 in Topeka for a total of 32 hours of SPEEA paid time.

• Approved the PEOPLEFIRM LLC contract for the 2017 Leadership Conference at a cost of $2,000.

• Approved Orlando De Los Santos’ atten-dance at the 2017 Leadership Conference.

• Approved waiving policy and adding up to $1,500, to support a request for an additional class at the convention for the 45 people who were interested.

• Approved up to 16 hours and $1,100 expenses each for Ryan Rule, Jimmie Mathis, and Shannon Deacon to attend the Boeing shareholders meeting May 1.

Grievance Handling for Council Reps

Tuesday, May 30 – 4:30 p.m.SPEEA Everett

Wednesday, May 31 – 5 p.m.SPEEA Tukwila

Northwest Golf Tournament

Saturday, July 15 – 8 a.m. (shotgun scramble)

Redmond Ridge Golf Course

Northwest Membership Activities Committee

Discount tickets – Seattle Storm women’s basketball

Friday, July 28 – 7 p.m.KeyArena, Seattle

Tickets are $10 each – reg. $19 (limited number of seats)

Purchase tickets by July 1 to be eligible for two Storm drawings

Northwest Membership Activities Committee

SPEEA Paper Airplane Contest Riverfest STEAM City

Sunday, June 4, starts at noon (contest starts at 5:30 p.m.)

Main Street, Wichita

To volunteer, email vickim@speea.org and include T-shirt size.

Midwest IFPTE locals connectSPEEA Midwest Council Reps Joe Abbott, Matthew Joyce and Donna Lehane met with IFPTE representatives at the Central States meeting in Chicago April 22. They meet to give an update on issues affecting their members and discuss what’s happening at the national level. The next meeting is Oct. 28. The other attendees included Ron Abrant, president, Local 777, Terry Antisdel, retired, Local 81, Larry Chojnacki, retired, Local 92, George Gammand, Local 99, John Kannaby, Local 777, Mike Rudolf, vice president, Local 92, and Tina Zellmer, president, Local 92.

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Council Reps elect new officersCouncil Reps voted to elect Council

officers for their regions at the May 11 Council meeting.

Northwest • Chair – Tony Hickerson• Treasurer – James Raskob• Secretary – Doug Brazeal

Midwest• Chair – Matthew Joyce• Treasurer – Chris Streckfus• Secretary – Emily Forest

Council Rep Tony Hickerson was re-elect-ed to another term as chair and Council Rep Emily Forest ran unopposed for anoth-er term as secretary. Council Rep Matthew Joyce previously served as Midwest treasurer, and Council Rep James Raskob previously served as Northwest secretary. Council Reps Doug Brazeal and Chris Streckfus were not Council officers in the 2015-2017 term. At the June 9 SPEEA Council Convention, Northwest and Midwest Council Reps will nominate and vote on candidates for SPEEA Council chair, treasurer and secretary.

Aerospace jobs list for laid-off membersA number of recruiters have reached out

to SPEEA in response to the recent rounds of layoffs. They are looking

for qualified aerospace engineers and technical workers for job opportunities all over the U.S. To help laid off members, SPEEA created a new website page with recruiters’ informa-tion at www.speea.org (drop-down menu: Member Tools/Layoff Information).

Northwest Council actions – April 20At their regular meeting, the Council voted on the following motions.

• NW17-006 Motion to Support theCreation of a State Bank of Washington– Votes necessary for adopting: 56. For:56. Against: 10. The motion passed.

• NW17-007 SPEEA Support for OregonManufacturing Innovation Center –Votes necessary for adopting: 56. For:63. Against: 2. The motion passed.

• NW17-008 Support of InternationalWorkers Day (May 1) and ImmigrantRights events in the Northwest – For:All. Against: None. The motion passed.

• NW17-009 – Support of InternationalLongshore and Warehouse Union(ILWU) Local 9 in negotiations withthe Port of Seattle – For: All. Against:None. The motion passed.

• NW17-010 Northwest Region Facilities(amended) – Voice vote. For: Majority.Against: Few. The amended motionpassed.

See the full motions at www.speea.org (drop-down menu: Councils/Council Agenda). The agenda date is April 13 (rescheduled due to internet outage).

Midwest Council Treasurer Chris Streckfus, Chair Matthew Joyce and Secretary Emily Forest.

Northwest Council Chair Tony Hickerson and Secretary Doug Brazeal at SPEEA Tukwila. Not shown: Treasurer James Raskob who attended in Everett.

Week of May 22, 2017Monday, May 22 4:00 p.m. Council Officers Monday, May 22 4:30 p.m. NW Legislative & Public AffairsTuesday, May 23 4:30 p.m. Women’s Advocacy CommitteeWednesday, May 24 4:30 p.m. New Hire & Young Member CommitteeThursday, May 25 4:30 p.m. Labor Delegates

Week of May 29, 2017Thursday, June 1

Tuesday, June 6 Wednesday, June 7 Friday, June 9 Saturday, June 10

4:00 p.m. Executive Board

Week of June 5, 20175:00 p.m. Leadership Development & Training 4:30 p.m. ACT Committee3:00 p.m. Council Convention8:00 a.m. Leadership Conference

Week of May 22, 2017Monday, May 22 6:00 p.m. Council Officers Tuesday, May 23 4:30 p.m. MW Women’s Advocacy Committee

Week of May 29, 2017Thursday, June 1 6:00 p.m. Executive Board

Week of June 5, 2017Friday, June 9 Saturday, June 10

3:00 p.m. Council Convention, Seattle (PDT) 8:00 a.m. Leadership Conference, Seattle (PDT)