CINCINNATI—Hundreds of GE Aerospace workers represented by UAW Local 647 voted 84% in favor of authorizing a strike. Their contract expires at midnight on August 27. GE’s impacted facilities include the Evendale, OH plant where workers build marine and industrial engines for the U.S. Navy, and the Erlanger, KY distribution facility that feeds GE plants all over the world. Core issues include job security, health care costs, and time off.
“Nobody wants to strike, but UAW members at GE Aerospace are overwhelmingly ready to because of the company’s outright insulting offers on the table,” said UAW Local 647 President Brian Strunk. “At some point you have to stand up, because a 36% increase in your health insurance isn’t sustainable, especially from a company whose CEO made $89 million last year alone.”
Between 2022 to 2024, GE Aerospace has reaped record revenue surpassing $100 billion for over $16 billion in shareholder distributions. CEO Larry Culp earned $89 million in 2024 alone—over 1,200 times more than the median worker’s annual income.
Meanwhile, as UAW members at GE bargain with management for a new contract, the company has responded by making insulting counteroffers that would increase health care costs for workers by 36% over four years and by refusing to address many of the good-faith proposals on the table. GE workers currently cite high health care costs as a primary source of financial difficulties.
For weeks, throughout bargaining, UAW-GE workers have mobilized, organizing mass plant solidarity walks every Wednesday at both the Erlanger and Evendale sites. Photo and video highlights from recent Wednesdays can be downloaded for use here. Additional videos distributed by the UAW can be found for use in this playlist here. For more information about bargaining, visit ge.uaw.org.
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UAW Local 647 represents over 600 GE Aerospace workers across two sites in Evendale, Ohio and Erlanger, Kentucky. UAW members in Evendale proudly build marine and industrial engines for the U.S. Navy. In Erlanger, UAW members are the distribution heart of GE global—feeding plants all over the world.
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