InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate GE to freeze pension plans for about 20,000 US employees in bid to cut debt By financialnews_rlv83x - October 7, 2019 0 248 General Electric Co said on Monday it was freezing the pension plan for about 20,000 U.S. employees with salaried benefits, as the industrial conglomerate looks to cut its huge debt pile.