A contract hammered out by a group of 11 unions with General Electric was rejected by locals in Schenectady and Lynn, Mass., throwing the agreement in doubt, the Wall Street Journal reported.
While most who voted approved the four-year contract, dissent within some locals was enough to scrap the deal since union rules dictate that if a majority of votes at a site are against the deal, then every member’s vote at that site is counted as against.
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