1997 250K employees
http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/mana...t-training.php
2004 315K
http://freedomink.org/node/112?PHPSE...9edfe6448b8a03
http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/unity2003_nb1_report.html
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"GE employees pay about 19% of the cost of their health care, compared to employees at our competitors who pay about 30% of the cost of care,"
Arguing from government figures, he said the average straight-time pay for UE production workers is more than 50% above the average hourly earnings for production workers.
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And despite skyrocketing medical costs in 10 years employees have seen one increase in premiums, an average of $10 for one and $15 for a family of four/month increase.
http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany...3/daily44.html
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Four general wage increases and eight cost-of-living adjustments expected to raise the pay of the average hourly employee by 16.5 percent over the term of the contract;
Additional health-care benefits; Additional financial protection for employees and families include adding a new co-pay maximum that will provide protection against high prescription drug bills; The annual co-pay maximums will be $2,000 for individuals or $4,000 for families of active employees and pre-age 65 retirees; Above age 65, the new annual co-pay maximum is $1,500 each for retiree and spouse;
Major improvements to pension benefits; The contract will eliminate mandatory pension contributions for most union-represented employees; Required contributions will be eliminated under the contract term for those earning less than $60,000; Eliminating these required contributions will increase take-home pay by approximately $375 a year in 2004 and 2005 and $675 in 2006 and 2007.
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Volunteerism
http://www.ge.com/volunteers/
http://www.elfun.org/
Donations
http://www.ge.com/foundation/grant_i...nited_way.html
Media and Execs:
Corporate governance most respected in the world
Integrity most respected in the world
Social responsibility third most respected in the world
http://www.ge.com/en/company/news/ft...?category=News
Corporate governance according to independent agency, one of 34 companies to get a perfect score
http://www.ge.com/en/citizenship/governance/index.htm
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GE was one of only 34 companies to receive a perfect score of 10.0 from GovernanceMetrics International (GMI), an independent service evaluating the quality of a company’s corporate governance.
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For starters...I'm sorry this doesn't jibe with your "all companies are evil" indoctrination/brain washing, but the great thing about facts is they don't change just because they don't say what you wish they did.