GE workers in Alabama are seeking to unionize Workers at a General Electric factory in Alabama have launched an effort to form a union joining a wave of labor organization efforts at large national companies Employees at the GE plant in auburn Alabama submitted a union cards to the Birmingham office of the national labor relations board It's an organization effort with IUE CWA The GE aviation plant manufacturers aircraft engine parts and has 179 employees to qualify for a union election the NLRB requires signatures from 30% of eligible voters at a specific facility The IUE CWA indicated that more than 50% of workers have signed cards Workers supporting the union say that pay the attitude of management towards workers and benefits are among the driving concerns