The Nation - News from July 4, 1985

Members of two unions representing 56,000 General Electric Co. workers will vote next week on three-year contracts providing wage increases, cost-of-living raises, retirement improvements and an agency shop. The unions announced in New York that the agreement provides, among other benefits, immediate cash payments to each employee averaging $675 and a special pay structure adjustment ranging from 1 cent per hour to 35 cents per hour.