General Electric Workers Want to Build Medical Equipment to Fight Coronavirus.

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Management Is Standing in the Way

The workers at General Electric Aviation’s facility in Lynn, Massachusetts make jet engines and helicopter parts, most notably the massive T408 engine that powers the U.S. Marine Corps “King Stallion” heavy-lift helicopter. They are good at what they do, but in the past few decades the company has steadily moved jobs overseas until the plant’s workforce is a fraction of what it once was in the early 90s. That workforce is still strong, and they’re currently fighting for both their own lives and the chance to maybe save yours.

The Lynn facility’s work on the King Stallion’s engine and other military parts makes them an essential business, and all employees are expected to show up for work. But as they do so, they’re falling sick, and so far their union says the company’s response has been sorely lacking.

On Monday, members of the IUE-CWA Local 201 held a silent protest, standing six feet apart at their work stations in the Lynn facility. A separate group of workers picketed outside the company’s global headquarters in Boston, protesting the lack of workplace protections and response to the deadly epidemic ripping through the Eastern seaboard.

GE workers currently face a double threat, with a pandemic sweeping through American industry and a corporate structure designed to prioritize profits over their jobs. Workers think there is an innovative solution to both problems: repurposing decommissioned facilities and saving jobs to build ventilators, while providing the workforce with the resources it needs to stay healthy and productive.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/general-electric-labor-protest-coronavirus-978159/

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1. Will shitstain send national guard to prevent or confisgate so he can sell overseas?

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[link:https://www.propublica.org/article/taxpayers-paid-millions-to-design-a-low-cost-ventilator-for-a-pandemic-instead-the-company-is-selling-versions-of-it-overseas-|