SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — General Electric says it’s laying off 200 hourly workers at its upstate New York plant that produces steam turbines for the company’s power unit.
Boston-based GE announced Tuesday that the layoffs include unionized manufacturing and assembly employees at its facilities in Schenectady, where Thomas Edison co-founded the company in 1892. Another 25 unfilled jobs will be eliminated.
GE Power unit spokesman Christopher Shigas said the layoffs come after a 45 percent drop in volume at the plant.
