20 June, 2011A tentative collective four year agreement was reached on 19 June in New York City for 15,000 General Electric (GE) workers in the US.
USA: Ten American unions participated in bargaining through the joint union Coordinating Bargaining Council (CBC).
The unions represent workers employed in different manufacturing industries producing everything from jet airplane engines to locomotive train diesels to electrical appliances to small motors to lighting systems.
The previous agreement covering 11,000 out of 15,000 workers members of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) and the International Union of Electronic Workers/ Communications Workers of America (IUE/CWA) was to expire the same day.
The bargained pension provisions will also cover the staff of NBC, the US television network owned by GE.
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