Portland-Area Boeing Workers Face Possible Strike After Union Rejects Contract Offer

PORTLAND, Ore. — About 200 Boeing engineers and technicians near Portland could join SPEEA’s first strike at Boeing since 2000 after members rejected a four-year contract offer.

Boeing Faces Possible Strike

The labor union Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) announced the results of a vote on a Boeing offer on Friday. M

ore than 95% of eligible professional-unit members and nearly 93% of technical-unit members cast valid ballots. Across the US:

• Engineers rejected the offer 64.25% to 35.75%.
• Technical workers rejected it 71.87% to 28.13%.
• Engineers authorized a possible strike with 87.82% support.
• Technical workers authorized a possible strike with 89.71% support.

SPEEA blamed mistrust involving offshoring, disappearing jobs, salaries trailing inflation, and technical decisions being ignored.

Portland Boeing Workers Could be Affected by Possible Boeing Strike

The vote was unionwide, with no Oregon-only results released, but the survey covered roughly 200 employees who work near Portland. Any strike would affect Portland-area engineers and technicians covered by the same contracts.

The earliest possible strike date is Oct. 7, and Boeing has begun activating its strike contingency plan.

While SPEEA said that negotiations with Boeing must continue and is surveying members through Aug. 26 to determine what must change in the next offer, Boeing says no additional negotiations are currently scheduled.

Boeing says a strike would hurt workers, their families, the company and surrounding communities.

Money previously intended for contract incentives is being redirected toward strike preparations, and proposed retroactive pay and a higher 2026 incentive target were withdrawn after the rejection.