Leader of Boeing engineers brings militant tone

Ray Goforth leads a union of 23,000 Boeing engineers who revel in their pocket-protector image. Their rally posters and buttons read “No Nerds, No Birds.” They use spreadsheets to argue about details of their labour contracts.

And they rarely strike. In nearly 70 years of representation, the members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA) have walked out on just two occasions for a total of 41 days - earning them a reputation for being pushovers in negotiations.

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