Local striking GE Aerospace workers represented by the UAW are poised to vote on a new five-year contract soon.

The roughly 640 employees at GE's Erlanger and Evendale facilities have been striking since late August over demands for lower health care costs, more time off, and better job security.

The contract the UAW Local 647 members had with GE expired at midnight, Aug. 27. The company and the union had been locked in negotiations over a new contract prior to that expiration.

The union says 84% of its members voted to authorize the strike the week prior.

"Our members aren’t asking to be millionaires," UAW Local 647 President Brad Strunk said of the strike. “We are simply demanding things that every worker deserves: decent health care and a secure future. We are going to stand togethe

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