LOUISVILLE, KY—After months of negotiations, workers at GE Appliances have ratified a new four-year labor contract.

Approximately 5,000 union workers at the company’s Appliance Park manufacturing complex voted on the new contract on Jan. 29, with 72.5 percent of workers in favor of the new deal.

The dishwasher factory in Appliance Park was the 2024 Assembly Plant of the Year.  

IUE-CWA Local 83761 President Dino Driskell said the contract is a roughly $142 million investment over its four years.

The new contract provides workers more affordable healthcare with a roughly 60 percent decrease in deductibles, a career progression system that helps workers get an annual wage increase with additional built-in wage increases at career milestones such as an employee’s one-year, five-year and 10-year anniversaries, an added company holiday, and other overall economic gains.

GE Appliances workers represented by IUE-CWA Local 83761 feel the new contract sets a clear pathway for all workers — both new to the company and veterans — to experience economic growth as they continue with the manufacturer.

“Trying to equally distribute what we can negotiate is hard...but everybody is getting contractual wage increases every year and that’s something we can continue to build on,” Driskell said.