Show your support for striking IAM Union members by signing our solidarity pledge ✊ It takes courage and strength to move to strike. These members are fighting for the value of their work ⚙️💪 actionnetwork.org/forms/i-suppor…

.@IAM_union workers at Boeing in St. Louis are essential to maintaining America’s national security. It’s time for Boeing to give workers a new contract that reflects that. As these workers go on strike, sign their solidarity pledge to show your support! actionnetwork.org/forms/i-suppor…

777-9 WH286 is starting engines for the B1 flight

Let’s fly! Our team successfully completed a first flight of a 777-9 today. The pilots, along with system operators and flight analysts, completed a 2-hour, 27-minute flight profile to validate the airplane’s handling and performance. More: boeing.com/features/2025/…

Fun for a cause! SPEEA is co-sponsoring the @iam751 Steel and Wheel Car Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Everett Machinists Union Hall, 8729 Airport Rd. Join us for music & food, hot rods, classic cars and tricked-out motorbikes. All proceeds benefit GuideDogsofAmerica

Boeing tests new plane model out of Paine Field seattletimes.com/business/boein… via The Seattle Times $BA

Show your support for striking IAM District 837 #Boeing workers at your desk! Go to speea.org to find desk tents you can print out and SPEEA's letter of support. (Extra credit if you print out and display the picket sign -- but as always, use your own printer.)

Ethiopian Airlines Denies Reports of Aircraft Lease Talks with Russia addisinsight.net/2025/08/05/eth… via @Addis Insight

Russians trying to fool our AI interceptor drones by putting bird stickers onto their reconnaissance drones. Insane warfare.

AFL-CIO Condemns Union-Busting at Veterans Affairs aflcio.org/press/releases…

Our IAM District 837 members on strike received a strong message of support from SPEEA IFPTE Local 2001, who also voiced loud support for our strike with Boeing in 2024. ✊🏼⚙️ Thank you. 🙏🏼

The Pentagon wants to kill the E-7 Wedgetail! They say it’s too late and too expensive - costs have risen from $588M to $724M per jet. But 16 ex-USAF 4-stars, are urging Congress to step in. They argue that space-based systems can’t do what the E-7 does: fuse data, direct assets,

SPEEA Executive Board meeting underway.

Sky Chefs workers are standing up today at US airports! They ensure airline pax & crew are fed but some still must choose btwn food & healthcare.   americanair Delta @United Alaska Airlines Catering workers deserve 💰 Better wages 🩺 Affordable health care

Nearly 2M Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era seattletimes.com/business/nearl… via The Seattle Times

Ukrainian forces have strapped a pair of R-73 IR guided air-to-air missiles on a Czech-built Z-37T Agro Turbo, creating a cropduster fighter. The platform is primarily a low-cost drone hunter.

We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran. Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq

A delegation of @SPEEA officers and activists took part in the Oregon Labor Edcuation and Research Center's annual summer school. The program provides training in grievance handling, bargaining tactics and organizing workers.

#GoFrogs! @SPEEA staff, officers, activists and their families joined members of Snohomish & Island County Labor Council for #Union Night with Everett AquaSox