Spirit Aerosystems Holdings
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (“Spirit”), based in Wichita, Kansas, is the world’s largest first-tier aerostructures manufacturer. The company builds several important pieces of Boeing aircraft, including the fuselage of the 737 and the cockpit section of the fuselage of nearly all of its airliners. Spirit also produces fuselage sections and front wing spars for the Airbus A350. Spirit’s main competition comes from Triumph Aerostructures – Vought Aircraft Division, UTC Aerospace Systems, Leonardo, and Kawasaki Heavy Industries.
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The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, Local 2001 (“SPEEA”) sued Spirit Aerosystems (“Spirit”) to compel arbitration of a grievance. The district court granted summary judgment to Spirit, deciding an individual employee’s grievance had challenged a company-wide policy and thus was not subject to arbitration under the parties’ collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”). Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace v. Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (2017)
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