GE Appliances rally 3-28-20
- Chris Otts
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Workers at GE Appliance Park rallied on Saturday, March 28, 2020 to protest the company's plan to resume production amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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A cacophony of car horns rang for about an hour on Saturday afternoon at the southern edge of GE Appliance Park as factory workers expressed frustration about having to return to work on Monday amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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.'
Appliance Park's roughly 4,100 rank-and-file workers have rejected a second contract offer from GE Appliances.
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