A group of workers at GE Aerospace could vote to authorize a strike Friday.

The employees represented by the UAW say they're pushing back against a potential increase in their health insurance costs. They're also looking for better time off policies and assurances their jobs will stay at GE Aerospace's Evendale and Erlanger sites.

At a rally Thursday at the gates of the Erlanger facility, UAW Local 647 President Brian Strunk said the health insurance issue is a major sticking point in negotiations. The union's current contract with GE Aerospace ends at midnight Aug. 27.

"As of right now, on the table, GE has a 40% increase," Strunk said. "It's crazy. Our members could not sustain a 40% increase."

Strunk said those roughly 635 workers perform a variety of tasks. About 165 work in Erlang

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