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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2019 GE union going back to bargaining table Saugus and By Gayla Cawley GE’s steam turbine plant in Schenectady the strike on Aug. 12, according to an IAM ITEM STAFF also turned down the deal. press release. Revere are It was the rst time the union has collec- It’s unclear how long negotiations will LYNN — General Electric and its larg- tively voted to reject a national contract take, but if another agreement is reached est union, International Union of Electri- with the company since 1969. The current between IUE-CWA and the company, IUE cal Workers — Communications Workers deal expired on June 23. Local 201 will vote again, on whether to game for of America (IUE-CWA), are returning to The return to bargaining between IUE- accept the new deal or to reject it and the bargaining table on Sunday. CWA and GE negotiators was moved up strike, according to Adam Kaszynski, Last month, IUE Local 201, which rep- a week, from Aug. 12, after another of the president of Local 201. Route 1 resents 1,253 employees at General Elec- company’s unions, International Associa- “We prepare for a strike until we have an tric’s River Works Plant in Lynn, rejected tion of Machinists and Aerospace Workers agreement, absolutely,” Kaszynski said. its proposed four-year labor contract with (IAM), rejected its proposed contract this “They’re going back to the table, so nothing upgrades the company, which was af rmed by a na- week and served the company with a 10- tionwide vote of the union.
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