作者：威尔·吉斯邦德 (Will Guisbond) 波音公司 (Boeing Co.) 联合会的白领员工投票通过了一项新合同，从而避免了一场代价高昂的罢工，该罢工本可能给这家飞机制造商最新型号飞机的适航认证带来进一步的延迟。
By Will Guisbond Boeing Co.’s unionized white-collar workers voted to ratify a new contract, averting a costly strike that could have added certification delays to the planemaker’s latest models.
代表工程师、科学家、技术人员和飞行员的专业工程雇员协会 (SPEEA) 在一份声明中表示，该工会的大多数成员投票接受了经谈判达成的提案。今年8月，波音公司上一版本的提议曾遭到压倒性反对。
A majority of the SPEEA union, which represents engineers, scientists, technicians and pilots, voted to accept the negotiated proposal, the union said in a statement. A previous version of Boeing’s offer was overwhelmingly voted down in August.
波音公司首席执行官凯利·奥特伯格 (Kelly Ortberg) 上个月曾警告称，由 SPEEA 代表的员工发起的罢工实际上将使该公司本已延误的 777-9 型客机的取证工作陷入停顿，并可能严重阻碍这家飞机制造商的 737 产能。
Boeing Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg warned last month that a strike by SPEEA-represented employees would have effectively stalled certification of the company’s already delayed 777-9 and could significantly hamper the planemaker’s 737 production capacity.
奥特伯格表示，777-9 的测试“可能”无论如何都会推迟到 2027 年，尽管该公司仍预计明年会交付一些这种宽体客机。
Ortberg said that testing for the 777-9 “may” slip into 2027 anyway, though the company still expect some deliveries of the widebody jet next year.
波音目前也正处于将其最近获批的 737 Max 7 和尚未获批的 Max 10 窄体客机推向市场的最后阶段。美国联邦航空管理局表示，由于正在调查一个新的软件问题，后者的取证时间将被延迟。这些喷气式飞机与 777-9 一起，对于波音产生现金、修复资产负债表以及削减债务至关重要。
Boeing is also in the final stages of bringing its recently-approved 737 Max 7 and yet-to-be-certified Max 10 narrowbody aircraft to market, the latter of which the US Federal Aviation Administration said would be delayed as it investigates a new software issue. Together with the 777-9, these jets are critical for Boeing to generate cash, repair its balance sheet and pare down debt.
根据最新提出的合同，在四年内，SPEEA 代表的员工的平均薪酬将提高 32%，比被拒绝的报价高出约 5%，此外还将立即加薪 10%。该提案还增加了一项要求，即波音管理层需向工会领导层提交关于劳动力发展趋势的半年度报告。
SPEEA-represented workers will see an average pay increase of 32% over four years under the latest proposed contract, up about 5% from the rejected offer, in addition to an immediate 10% pay raise. The proposal also adds a requirement for Boeing leadership to give semiannual reports to union leaders on workforce trends.
此次罢工将是波音公司在三年内的第三次劳工纠纷。去年，圣路易斯地区的机械师们发起罢工，导致波音军用飞机的生产受到严重影响，这次罢工也成为该公司自1948年以来持续时间最长的停工事件。2024年，西雅图地区的另一次罢工使得737、767和777系列飞机的生产中断了50多天。根据工会的说法，SPEEA成员此前仅曾于2000年举行过一次罢工，那次罢工成为了美国历史上持续时间最长的白领工人罢工事件。
A work stoppage would have been Boeing’s third labor disruption in three years. Last year, a strike by machinists in St. Louis disrupted production of Boeing military aircraft and became the planemaker’s longest stoppage since 1948. In 2024, another strike in the Seattle area halted production of all 737, 767 and 777 aircraft for over 50 days. SPEEA members have only ever gone on strike once, in 2000, which became the longest white-collar work-stoppage in US history, according to the union.