CHICAGO—General Electric Co.’s workers at a plant in Alabama said on Monday they have launched a campaign to form a union for better pay and job security.
The plant in Auburn, Alabama, employs 179 workers. It builds a fuel nozzle on the widely used LEAP jet engine which powers planes of Airbus and Boeing Co..
In a statement, the workers said they have submitted cards seeking to organize as part of IUE-CWA to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). A spokesperson for the NLRB confirmed that the board has received the union petition.
To hold a union election, the NLRB requires signed union authorization cards from 30 percent of eligible members. The workers did not say how many members signed the authorization cards….