Unions suing GE

Unions suing GE

YOUNGSTOWN

Several labor unions are suing to prevent General Electric from canceling health benefits for tens of thousands of retired employees around the nation, including some who once worked for GE in the Mahoning Valley, according to The Vindicator’s broadcast partner, 21 WFMJ-TV.

The IUE-CWA and eight other labor entities filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court on behalf of what the unions estimate are more than 50,000 retirees.

According to the lawsuit, GE announced in July that retired production employees and their spouses, who are currently Medicare-eligible and who participate in the Prescription Drug Plan, the Medical Care Plan and the Medicare Part B Plan, will be terminated from those plans as of Jan. 1.

Ribbon cutting

BOARDMAN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber recently had a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Quality Repair Auto Care at 721 Boardman-Canfield Road in Boardman. The family-owned and operated car service center offers a full range of vehicle care.

Ideal opens new store

AUSTINTOWN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony at Ideal Store Fixtures, 3301/2 N. Meridan Road, at 10 a.m. today .

For the past 33 years, Ideal Store Fixtures has served the local business community with quality retail fixtures and services. Now, the business is looking forward to a new chapter in its history with the opening of this location.

Ideal Store Fixtures is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Event at clinic set

WARREN

The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will have a celebratory ribbon-cutting at the Addiction Outreach Clinic, 4445 Mahoning Ave. NW at 2 p.m. today.

Addiction Outreach Clinic is a medication-assisted addiction treatment that operates in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The new Warren location provides a resource for addiction treatment services in Trumbull County to combat the epidemic of opioid pain medication and heroin addiction and overdoses in the region.

Manufacturing up

WASHINGTON

U.S. manufacturing output rose in October for the first time in three months as factories cranked out more steel, cars and computers. Manufacturing production increased 0.4 percent last month, the Federal Reserve said Tuesday, after slipping 0.1 percent in September.

Ohio gas prices fall

Northeast Ohio pump prices have fallen for 10-consecutive days, reaching Tuesday’s national average price of $2.16 per gallon.

The AAA believes that average U.S. prices should continue to decline and could drop below $2 per gallon by Christmas for the first time since 2009. The price of crude oil remains noticeably low compared with previous years, and as a result, retail averages are down 74 cents per gallon year-over-year.

Staff/wire reports