Bloomington unions calling for 'greener' jobs

By Sarah Morin, Herald-Times

smorin@heraldt.com

Bloomington's GE union president Carven Thomas urged local leaders Thursday to start attracting and encouraging green jobs.

And he knows a local workforce to fill them - the 730 local union employees now working at GE but who won't be by 2010 when the refrigerator plant shuts down.