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UAW Members at GE Aerospace Approve New Contract

CINCINNATI—After an intense three weeks on strike, the picket lines in Evendale, OH and Erlanger, KY are winding down as UAW Local 647 members at GE Aerospace voted by 82% to approve a new five-year contract today.

“Together we stood like David against Goliath—shoulder to shoulder against a billion-dollar company, refusing to be treated as just numbers,” said UAW Local 647 President Brian Strunk. “We secured job security, more time with our families, and money to offset health care costs.”

The deal delivers significant gains for UAW Local 647 members, including:

· Minimum workforce guarantees to protect jobs

· Payments to offset health care cost increases

· Additional personal time and vacation time

“I’d like to congratulate the 600 plus UAW Local 647 members at GE Aerospace for standing up and using your collective strength,” said UAW Region 2B Director Dave Green. “For over three weeks, across Erlanger and Evendale, you never wavered. Your grit, resilience—and, of course, your solidarity—showed a multi-billion dollar company what power really looks like.”

The newly ratified agreement is effective September 15 and expires September 15, 2030.

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After Two Weeks Holding the Line, UAW Members at GE Aerospace Secure Strong Tentative Agreement Addressing All Core Issues

CINCINNATI—After an intense, two-week strike, UAW Local 647 members at GE Aerospace have secured a strong tentative agreement with the company. The major victory comes just after the strike’s two-week anniversary and was won via the courage and solidarity of over 600 Cincinnati-area workers between GE’s Erlanger, KY, and Evendale, OH facilities who held strong on the picket like 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

“UAW Local 647 members showed that you don’t beat a multi-billion-dollar company by backing down—you win by standing up and joining together in a common cause,” said UAW President Shawn Fain.

Of the three main sticking points that mobilized UAW Local 647 members to stand firm when GE forced workers to the streets at midnight on August 28—job security, health care costs, and time off—workers secured victories on all fronts. The company will cover nearly all health care premium increases over the term of the contract and workers will receive additional vacation time. The deal also secures strong job security protections for both Erlanger and Evendale locations, including minimum headcount and new work.

“I’m so proud of how UAW Local 647 stuck together,” said UAW Local 647 President Brian Strunk. “Our members held strong and had the courage to fight for more. Our bargaining team delivered on our members’ main demands: strong job security, more time off the job to spend with families, and money to offset the health care cost increase. My message to my entire UAW family: Continue to do the right thing, speak the truth, stand in unity, and you will prosper!”

The tentative agreement covers a five-year term, with a ratification vote set for Friday, September 19.

“Companies need to respect the UAW,” said UAW Region 2B Director Dave Green. “We’ve made a choice to do things differently as a union and our members at GE Aerospace are part of that. They knew they had to fight for a better contract today, in order to protect their tomorrow. I am proud of the resilience and grit Local 647’s members and leaders displayed to protect their future.”

Throughout the strike, GE workers shared their stories with local media, while keeping the full membership up to date with bargaining updates on the website and through text every day. This communication was critical in maintaining workers’ solidarity to secure a TA addressing the most critical concerns that led to the walk out.

“After 31 years at GE, I was tired of their corporate greed,” said Don Luknis, UAW Local 647 member, and strike captain out of GE’s Evendale facility. “I’m proud of our teamwork to keep each other going along the way. UAW Local 647 is a stronger union now than the day we walked out on strike against this corporate giant. One day longer, one day stronger!”

UAW members in Evendale, the larger facility, 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. The strike was the first UAW strike at GE since 1988.

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Falsehoods and Inconsistencies: UAW Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against GE Aerospace for Failing to Bargain in Good Faith

CINCINNATI—The UAW has filed unfair labor practice charges alleging that GE Aerospace has bargained in bad faith, due to inconsistencies and false statements about bargaining. More than 600 UAW workers across two Cincinnati-area facilities remain on strike since walking out at midnight on August 28.

Notably, the ULP alleges that:

“On September 1, 2025, the Company issued a public/press statement that was distributed to the bargaining unit members that misrepresented the status of bargaining. The statement reported that during bargaining the Company had made a “comprehensive package proposal” to be put up for a ratification vote and that there was a deadline of September 5, 2025, to ratify this comprehensive package. This is not true. Prior to expiration, the Company never offered a comprehensive package to present for ratification and instead at the bargaining table engaged in piece-meal bargaining.”

You can read the complete ULP here.

“GE never put a complete deal on the table—period,” said UAW Local 647 President Brian Strunk. “Instead, GE chose Labor Day to put out a public statement, falsely claiming that they had made a ‘comprehensive package proposal’ with a ratification deadline of September 5. The truth is that they never made a comprehensive offer during negotiations. This is not good faith bargaining.”

Between 2022 to 2024, GE Aerospace has reaped record profit surpassing $17 billion and over $16 billion in shareholder distributions. Notably, a 5-year deal meeting the workers’ demands to maintain their current health care with no premium increases, strengthen job security, and add more time off, would cost GE just $75 million—which is only 1% of its 2024 profits.

In addition to over 600 GE workers represented by the UAW out on strike, about 550 IAM workers from GE’s Evendale site are honoring the picket line by refusing to work. This amounts to about 1,200 workers at GE that are not at work across two facilities.

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UAW Members at GE Aerospace Vote 84% to Authorize Strike at Two Facilities

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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