SPEEA members ratify four-year Boeing contract after August rejection

EVERETT— The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), Boeing’s largest white-collar union, announced on Thursday that its members approved a four-year contract offer, averting a possible strike. SPEEA said its professional unit ratified the deal by 67.62%, with 7,895 votes to accept and 3,780 to reject. The technical unit approved its separate contract […]
Glasair plane crashes at Everett’s Paine Field, killing pilot

EVERETT — A pilot died Thursday afternoon when a small Glasair airplane crashed into woods on the west side of Paine Field shortly after takeoff, closing the airport’s main runway for about an hour and diverting at least one commercial flight. The plane went down at about 2:48 p.m. in an undeveloped, wooded stretch of […]