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Article: GE STRIKERS PROTEST HEALTH CARE COSTS 'WE'RE TRYING TO STAND UP FOR EVERYBODY,' STRIKER SAYS
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- January 15, 2003
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Although Dot Lester walked the picket line Tuesday, she said she's
no fan of strikes. Lester, a 46-year veteran at the General Electric
plant in Salem, said GE has been good to her through the years and
she enjoys her work.
But like other local participants in a two-day strike organized at
GE plants nationwide by the International Union of Electronic Workers
/ Communications Workers of America, Lester said the company left the
union little choice. Union members are upset about increased costs
for many workers and retirees for managed-care health care coverage -
an increase GE initiated Jan. 1 without waiting for contract
negotiations with the union.
With billions of dollars in profits, GE ...