LONDON--(Business Wire)--
Wanting to increase ties to labor unions in England and Europe,
the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace
(SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001, this week announced the appointment of
Kristin Farr as international liaison.
A local of the International Federation of Professional and
Technical Engineers (IFPTE), SPEEA represents 24,000 engineers,
technical and other aerospace professionals at The Boeing Company,
Spirit AeroSystems, and other aerospace firms in the United States.
Farr previously served as SPEEA legislative director in Seattle,
Washington.
"The aerospace industry is global and SPEEA is responding," Farr
said from her new office in Kensington Court. "Europe is an obvious
place for SPEEA to have a presence as many of our members at Spirit,
Boeing, BAE Systems and Triumph Composite Systems work on and support
Airbus and EADS products and services."
Farr recently moved to England and is working part-time for SPEEA
to enhance the union's international ties and build new alliances with
European aerospace unions.
This is the first foreign-based employee for SPEEA. As legislative
director, Farr attended a number of foreign conferences. The work
included visits to England, Denmark, France and Brazil.
Organized in 1946, SPEEA is presently negotiating with Spirit
AeroSystems for economic changes to contracts covering 3,200
engineers, technical and professional workers in Wichita, Kansas. In
October, the union begins negotiations with Boeing for 21,000
employees in Washington, Kansas, Oregon, Utah and California.
A local of the International Federation of Professional and
Technical Engineers (IFPTE), SPEEA also represents aerospace
professionals at Triumph Composite Systems, Inc., in Spokane, Wash.,
and at BAE Systems, Inc. in Irving, Texas.
SPEEA
International Liaison
Kristin Farr, 075-9052-2898 (London)
or
Executive Director
Ray Goforth, 011-206-433-0991 (Seattle, USA)
or
Communications Director
Bill Dugovich, 011-206-674-7368 (Seattle, USA)
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