Updates and Announcements
National Coalition of Labor, Environmental and Veterans Groups Call on General Electric to “Bring It Home”
Back in March, we covered how General Electric (GE) shut down production of A-19 LED light bulbs at its factory in Bucyrus, Ohio. Not only was it a blow to the 81 workers who lost their jobs, it also was a big letdown because those bulbs once shone brightly on Walmart shelves, part of the retailer’s Made in USA public relations campaign (Walmart, perhaps not surprisingly, dodged the issue).
GE announces plans to split up into 3 separate companies
General Electric’s CEO Larry Culp said the debt reducing decision by the manufacturing giant create three companies…
Former Salem GE Plant employees featured in national commercial
Previous Salem General Electric workers have been through a lot in recent years…
Local GE workers protest offshoring jobs
Workers at the GE Aviation plant at Strother Field are asking their employer to stop offshoring jobs to create more jobs in Kansas…
Local GE workers take center stage in new ad
Workers at the General Electric Aviation plant in Madisonville are joining with other IUE-CWA union workers from across the nation…
Union’s new national ‘Bring It Home, GE’ campaign highlights Bucyrus workers in TV ad
A new national advertising campaign starring local GE/Savant Lighting employees calls on the local employer to increase the number of manufacturing jobs in the community…