CWAers CONTINUE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE IUE-CWA MEMBERS FOR JOBS

Over the past several weekends, CWA District 1 members have rallied at Walmart locations up and down the East Coast in support of IUE-CWA workers fighting to protect jobs.

LED light bulbs sold by Walmart are currently made by IUE-CWA workers at the GE-Savant Systems LLC lighting plant in Bucyrus, Ohio. However, GE has announced its intention to move its LED residential light bulb product line out of the facility to China, permanently laying off 80 workers, and putting the future of the plant, one of the last-standing residential lighting plants left in the USA, in jeopardy.

IUE-CWA Local 201 members protested at two locations in Massachusetts (Lynn and Salem) on February 21st to hand out flyers and talk about the situation with shoppers, while CWA Local 1109 members in Suffolk County, NY were out for a second time on February 20th and IUE-CWA Local 81381 members rallied in Rochester.

Workers have launched an online petition in support of the campaign to save these factory jobs - click here to sign the petition!