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Labor, enviro coalition to GE: Build wind turbines in Schenectady

THURSDAY, Sept 2, 2021Media Contact: Krissi Jimroglou, 617-716-9021 Labor, enviro coalition to GE: Build wind turbines in Schenectady Environmental groups, community advocates, and manufacturing workers kick off major public awareness campaign calling on elected leaders and General Electric to bring needed economic investment and good green union jobs to the Capital Region.   Schenectady, NY… Continue reading Labor, enviro coalition to GE: Build wind turbines in Schenectady

A breakthrough for U.S. wind power

The Biden administration has promised to build up the offshore wind industry, and this week it began to make good on that pledge by granting final approval to the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, about 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

GE sending some turbine work to Poland; will cut some local jobs

SCHENECTADY (WRGB) One of the biggest employers in the Electric City will outsource some work overseas.
That will cost dozens of jobs at their Schenectady plant.

FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Jumpstarts Offshore Wind Energy Projects to Create Jobs

Interior, Energy, Commerce, and Transportation Departments Announce New Leasing, Funding, and Development Goals to Accelerate and Deploy Offshore Wind Energy and Jobs

Schenectady remains key to GE amid investigations, job cuts

Three years ago, General Electric Co.’s power plant equipment manufacturing division, GE Power, was reeling. The Schenectady-based division’s CEO, Steve Bolze, had left the company

Building the Green Economy

In 2021, New York will continue to build out its nation-leading green economic recovery and accelerate renewable energy development programs

Tell GE: Reinvest in American Jobs and Help Save our Planet

As an industry leader, GE has an opportunity to build a better future for our communities, and our planet. Our future cannot be secure until it is sustainable. By harnessing our natural resources and the economy of tomorrow through clean wind energy, GE can catalyze the creation of tens of thousands of good, clean, green jobs right here in America.

GE’s business model is increasingly over-reliant on outsourcing, and the impact on our environment is dire.

In Schenectady at the GE power plant, the highly skilled workforce builds turbines that power our national electric grid. The workers in Schenectady stand ready to join in green manufacturing production as well - building the wind turbines for the future of our green economy. This is a good example of how the company can re-imagine their products while also reinvesting in green jobs for our communities and the planet. GE manufacturing must include a healthy mix of traditional power and steam turbines as well as green manufacturing that minimizes impact on the environment.

GE has a unique opportunity to save American jobs AND help save the planet.

Tell GE executives: Invest in American Jobs, and Help Save Our Planet.