Northwest Recognition Banquet
Honoring advocates
and friends of SPEEA
At this year’s Northwest recognition ban- quet, SPEEA honored the efforts of about 40 members and friends of SPEEA
for their work on behalf of their union and the
labor movement.
A number of the activists were nominated by
their peers for contributing to the ‘good of their
union.’ The Northwest Council officers hosted
the event March 26 at the Sea Tac Hilton.
Special guests included Tony Barcelona, president
of the Boeing Firefighters union (International
Richard Duncan
Charles Tatel
Tony Hickerson Rod Siders
Dennis Davaz
Dan Nowlin
Michael Shea
Deena Hougham
Daniel Peters
Nikki Wagener
Emily Brent-Fulps Nikolas Geiselman
Karen Karonis
Michael Knopp
Ryan Rule
Jimmie Mathis
Brent McFarlane
Orlando
De Los Santos
Bob Wilkerson
Joel Funfar
Shannon (Moriarty)
Deacon
James Raskob
Tony Hickerson
Friend of SPEEA
U.S. Representative
Jim McDermott, D-WA – 7th district
Machinists District 751
Negotiations Support Award
Bill Barrett Douglas A. Brazeal
Behyar Goudarzian Heinz W. Holzinger
Karen Karonis Michael P. Shea
Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local I-66 and
their union honor/color guard who conducted a
flag ceremony at the banquet.
The SPEEA and Northwest Legislative and Public
Affairs Committee members awarded the ‘Friend
of SPEEA’ award to Machinists District 751 for
partnering with SPEEA on efforts to secure good
jobs in the aerospace tax incentives and to U.S.
Congressman Jim McDermott for his years of
service on behalf of issues important to labor. Rep.
McDermott is not running for re-election this
year after serving in Congress since 1989.
Dave Baine Carolyn Brock
Lynn Burow June Creson
Joel Funfar James Gillan
Sandy Hastings Rebekah Hewitt
Tony Hickerson Rick Hoffman
Theryl Johnson Suzanne Kamiya
Mohammed Khan Jimmie Mathis
Brent McFarlane; Scot McKenzie
Judy Mogan Marc Murphy
Ken Parcher Daniel Peters
John Repp Kurt Schuetz
Robert W. Sutton
Juan Barreto Nick Busch
Tom Dickens Dean Friesen
Jim Gillan Rick Hoffman
Theryl Johnson Mehmet Ugur Koksu
Alexa Kulczyk Gary Mansell
John Pearson Larry Raymond
Lynn Reynolds Gordon Yip
SPEEA/Boeing Partnership
Walt Ditlefsen Dan Nowlin
Ed Wells Ambassadors
Roger Aisaka
Mark Friesen
Theryl Johnson
Dan Nowlin
Shannon (Moriarty)
Deacon
Vernon Hardy
Alexa Kulczyk
Shaunna Winton
Proud to show
union support
Jason Kujawa (shown above) is a technical
designer in Renton who wears his red SPEEA
shirt on a regular basis. He’s been a SPEEA member since 1990. He shared the following after
being asked why he’s still wearing a red SPEEA
shirt – “since the contract vote is over.”
“Over the years, I have been asked why I wear my
SPEEA shirt. The simple answer is that I am proud
to be a SPEEA member. I want SPEEA and Boeing
to work together in a partnership that both can be
proud to wear their SPEEA and Boeing logos together
as one team. This doesn’t just include SPEEA and
Boeing partnership. This is all the unions’ partnerships with Boeing. We also cannot forget our non-represented coworkers who are part of the team. Our
future depends on our coexistence as one Boeing competing to be the most successful aerospace company.
We need to be proud of our unions and wear our logos
with pride as we should our Boeing logo. Many of
us have worked at Boeing for many years and want
our children and our grandchildren to have the same
opportunities that this highly skilled workforce has
been blessed to be a part of the team. That’s why I
continue to wear my SPEEA shirt.”
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Midwest MAC event draws crowd.............................................. P4
Follow up on Henry and the firefighters.................................... P4
Looking for a Council Rep .......................................................... P5
Apply for Northwest STEM grant ............................................... P5
Prof and Tech contracts online – print version pending....... P5
SPEEA-Boeing Partnerships – ‘opportunity to
have a positive impact’ .................................................... P6-7
Hiking off into the ‘sunset’ for 2,660 miles........................... P8
Workers Memorial Day honors those who
died on the job.................................................................... P9
Letters to the editor ............................................................ P9
Open enrollment at Spirit AeroSystems –
Action required ................................................................... P9
Networking, leadership skills and problem-solving
stem from involvement in S WE and SPEEA................... P10-11
Prof and Tech salary charts timeline .................................. P12
Local 2001, AFL-CIO, CLC
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
OF PROFESSIONAL AND
TECHNICAL ENGINEERS
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