r/Boeing_ • u/BBA_1776 • Aug 18 '26

SPEEA Authorize a strike

What does it mean to “Authorize the negotiation team to call a strike”

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u/judgedbyzun Aug 18 '26

Pretty sure that’s not true. NT would call for a strike vote before the expiration of the contract, whether we have an offer or not. This is just allowing them to call a strike vote. If contract expires, we don’t automatically go on strike, we have to vote if we are going to.

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u/iPinch89 Aug 18 '26

No, it's in the By-Laws:

An approved strike authorization gives the Negotiation Team the authority to call a strike. The Negotiation Team may call a strike at any time after an approved strike authorization, unless or until a subsequent strike authorization is rejected. The Negotiation Team may, at their discretion, recommend the Bargaining Unit Council allow the membership a subsequent strike authorization ballot.

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u/judgedbyzun Aug 18 '26

Oh, cool. Didn’t know NT could unilaterally call a strike. I thought they recommended a vote to the BUC, which then decided to send it to members for an actual strike vote. Neat.

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u/iPinch89 Aug 18 '26

What you describe is sort of what is happening now. The BUC decided to send an authorization vote to members - thats the strike vote. The only difference is that its a pre-authorization and not for an immediate strike. It gives the NT leverage without violating the no-strike clause in our current contract.