GE Aerospace workers represented by UAW Local 647 voted to ratify a new five-year contract, ending the three-week strike of over 600 workers across two facilities in Kentucky and Ohio. The deal offers additional personal and vacation time, job security and payments to offset rising health care costs.
IndustryWeek Senior Editor Laura Putre and Jorge Lopez, chair of the Immigration and Global Mobility Practice Group at Littler, covered the increase in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and how it is impacting U.S. manufacturing plants in the most recent episode of Production Pulse.
Learn more about the news and trends surrounding manufacturing talent in this edition of Workforce Watch.
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