Boeing will resume contract negotiations with its white-collar union next week, the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace said Monday.

The two parties began negotiating July 1, and union members last month voted to reject the company’s previous contract offer. That offer had been endorsed by SPEEA’s negotiating team but, the union said after the vote, fell short of members’ demands.

Rank-and-file union members also overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike, granting SPEEA’s negotiating team the authority to call for a work stoppage that would begin when the current contract expires on Oct. 6.

Boeing, in response, said it had begun implementing its “strike contingency plan” to keep up with commitments to its employees and customers, though it has not shared any details about what that plan looks like.

On Monday, the union said it had met with Boeing’s negotiating team and decided to resume contract negotiations starting Tuesday, Sept. 8.

In this round of negotiations, the union says it is focused on securing a higher guaranteed wage increase upon contract ratification, additional cost-of-living adjustments and a guaranteed minimum-wage increase through the life of the contract, rather than leaving most raises tied to performance-based metrics and inflation. Union members who spoke to The Seattle Times before the contract vote said wages were their top concern.

We look forward to taking in SPEEA’s feedback and reaching a resolution that works for our employees and keeps our company and team competitive for years to come, a Boeing spokesperson said Tuesday.

SPEEA represents 17,000 Boeing workers in Washington and nearby states. The current negotiations will result in two collective bargaining agreements representing about 13,000 engineers and scientists in SPEEA’s professional unit and about 4,000 analysts, technicians, planners and specialists in the technical unit.

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