IUE-CWA GE Workers Celebrate New Union Contract, Securing 12% Pay Raise and Strong Protections for Union Rights and Workers Ahead of GE’s Aviation and Energy Business Spinoff in 2024

Today, the hardworking members of the IUE-CWA union who are employed at General Electric have ratified a two-year extension of their national labor contract with the company. Under this extension (read the details here), workers will gain a 12% general wage increase while keeping all of the valuable language, benefits, and protections of their current contract.

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on whether to advance the Pentagon’s annual funding bill, and a key requirement missing from this year’s $858 billion package is to ensure defense dollars are being spent on manufacturing done in the U.S.A.

IUE-CWA GE Workers have been pushing GE to reinvest in US manufacturing as it prepares to break up into three companies: GE Health Care…