UE 506 stay strong. Please look at past negotiations! Your jobs will be going overseas regardless, GE sold Salem site the Competitive Wage Agreement nonsense. 8yrs later site closing, going to India. I watched for 8yrs someone doing less ,earning... — read more
Wabtec is almost here in Erie
I feel its a slap in the face what the Union has given us with the leaflets. Wabtec wants to strip everything away from us. Almost a 38% wage concession and a bunch of other ridiculous things.. So the Union sets up a 3 day meeting with the attorney... — read more
Dropping in number of employees
This is how severe layoffs have been so far. We are no longer the largest employer in Erie after who knows how long, and we keep going down. And with the latest Wabtec deal, things are only looking to get worse... — read more
Wabtec's page here
&wabtec or go to thelayoff.com/wabtec
GE dumping it's Ft. Worth and Erie locomotive plants
Story at: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/growth/article185786343.html The downward spiral. Reminds one of Sears/K-Mart.
575 layoffs confirmed at General Electric Transportation
They announced it to the workers, but from what I understand, it is still unknown exactly who will be let go... Negotiations are incoming, so it's probably gonna be a few months before we know for sure... — read more
Combustion Issues
Keep hearing rumours about all these combustion failures; some in Saudi Arabia on 7F.05, Pakistan on 9HA.01?, and also in US on fleet leader 7HA.02... Also rumours on Hclass rotor dynamics issues? Shouldn't all this have been identified and corrected... — read more
Locomotion
More cuts, it never ends: http://www.goerie.com/news/20170616/slowdown-prompts-ge-transportation-layoffs-in-erie
Recent GE layoffs at Grove City, PA plants.
On March 10, 2017, 88 people went out the door on permanent layoff. Overtime for active employees has shot through the roof. Potential order for 80 Inline Marine engines in the wind, GE trying an "X" series engine via Jenbacher. FDL may be on the way... — read more
An update on layoffs
2017 started pretty bad http://www.goerie.com/news/20170203/layoffs-hit-ge-texas-plant
Post any job cut updates for GE Transportation below
Not sure if there are cuts but if they are post them here