GE Appliances plastic barriers on line company photo
GE Appliances installed plastic barriers between factory workers whose jobs mandate that they be within six feet of each other. (Company provided photo).
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Louisville-based GE Appliances, which has taken heat for continuing to operate its appliance factories amid the coronavirus pandemic, said Tuesday that its hourly employees and service technicians will get an additional $2 per hour in “appreciation pay” during the month of April.
The roughly 4,300 hourly manufacturing workers at Louisville’s Appliance Park resoundingly rejected a proposed four-year labor contract with GE Appliances on Wednesday. The vote was 87% 'No.'
About 4,100 rank-and-file workers at Louisville’s GE Appliance Park will get $1,500 bonuses in early December if they ratify the latest proposed labor contract between GE Appliances and their union, IUE-CWA Local 83-761.
