GE negotiations move into final week, critical phase

By JIM MARTIN, Erie Times-News jim.martin@timesnews.com



The conversation is about to change.
For nearly three weeks, unions representing 15,200 workers at General Electric Co., including about 3,200 from GE Transportation, have been laying their cards on the table.
So far, the unions have presented more than 90 specific proposals, said Roger Zaczyk, president of Local 506 of the United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers in Lawrence Park Township.
Officials from the Fairfield, Conn.-based company have been talking, too, but GE has yet to submit any specific proposals of its own.
"That is the way our process works," said Susan Bishop, GE's lead spokeswoman for contract negotiations....READ MORE