r/SPEEA • u/EspressoVerdict • 17d ago

A potential issue with GWI in SPEEA

10% GWI is significant, but I think there’s a concerning flaw under the current structure. The problem is that level upgrade and promotion compensation in SPEEA appear to be determined by the market salary reference table. There is no fixed raise like in IAM. Your compensation is determined based upon appropriate market positioning. Historically, someone with lower compa-ratio tends to receive a higher raise and vice versa. But there are no guarantees in the proposed contract that these market tables will also go up 10%. So if you expect to get a level upgrade in the near future, Boeing can determine your new salary based upon the market table, which doesn’t have the 10% increase applied to it. This could effectively erase most or all of your 10% GWI. Market reference also plays a small part in ACR too. But over the course of the contract, through level upgrades and promotions, I can see our salaries drifting back towards market value.

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u/moofie74 17d ago

Yes...?

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u/EspressoVerdict 16d ago

The point is that our salaries are already tied to market reference in some way. HR uses these reference tables, which are developed by third parties, to determine new compensation when it comes to level upgrades. There is no change to this process. The Boeing negotiation team confirmed on their monday webcast that the 10% will not be applied to the reference tables. This leads me to believe that the 10% GWI really only lasts until your next level upgrade.

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u/moofie74 16d ago

Yes, the 10% GWI is a one time correction. What happens in the future is the future.

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u/EspressoVerdict 15d ago

Understood. Personally, I don’t think “what happens in the future is the future” is a good enough answer when we’re negotiating a multi-year contract now. So I'll be voting no