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Contract pushed through after GE Appliance workers in Kentucky reject union-backed proposals
After workers rejected union-backed proposals in September and October, officials from the International Union of Electrical Local 83761 (IUE-CWA) were finally able to push through a four-year labor agreement Monday covering 4,100 workers at the GE Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky.
Aerial View of GE Appliance Park in Louisville, Ky. (Credit: GE Appliances)
The first proposal was voted down by 87 percent in September and a second proposal was defeated by 57 percent in October. The union, however, ignored the 99.2 percent strike authorization vote by members, and continued negotiations although management at GE Appliance, owned by the giant Chinese firm Haier, refused to budge on workers’ demands for improved wages and conditions. IUE-CWA officials reached a slightly refurbished deal last week, giving workers little time to study and discuss the actual content of the deal before voti