3,600 GE EMPLOYEES AWAIT RESULTS OF TALKS.(Business)

Byline: Christopher Ringwald Business writer

With their contract expiring at midnight today,

3,600 workers at the General Electric Co. in Schenectady are awaiting the outcome of national contract talks this weekend between their leaders and company negotiators.

If all goes according to plan, Local 301 of the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried Machine and Furniture Workers will have a look at a contract offer next week.

"If there is an agreement between the bagaining committees, it will be subject to a ratification vote, which in Schenectady will most likely be held on July 9 and July 10," said Leonard K. Doviak, a GE …