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…

Every Nov. 11th, a million and a half veterans in America pause to remember. We remember the victories we experienced while we served, and the losses too, especially those we spend most of the time trying to forget. We remember the friends we made, and some of us, sadly, remember the friends we lost. But most of all, we remember why it is that we chose to serve our country.

Last month, I was encouraged to see hundreds of General Electric workers from across the country take to the streets to demand the company stop offshoring their work and reinvest in U.S. manufacturing. Many of these workers are veterans, proud to have served their country overseas and to continue to support our military here at home, building and repairing the aviation equipment that keeps our troops and our nation safe.

After returning home to Kansas, I was honored to be able to continue to serve in a new role, working as an engine mechanic in General Electric’s Arkansas City plant, building and maintaining military aviation equipment as I did my part to continue keeping our troops and nation safe. When I started at the factory, working for GE was a good-paying union job with a pension that would allow me to provide for my family as I continued to serve my country in a new way.

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…