Nabisco workers strike in five states faces turning point
The Nabisco strike can be won, but it requires that workers take the initiative out of the hands of the BCTGM union.
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The Nabisco strike can be won, but it requires that workers take the initiative out of the hands of the BCTGM union.
The Volvo strike in Virginia, what are the lessons for Amazon workers? Volvo Trucks workers from the New River Valley (NRV) plant in Dublin, Virginia returned to work last week after their five-week-long strike was betrayed by the United Auto Workers union. We encourage NRV Volvo workers to continue to build the rank-and-file committee founded during the struggle and to support similar formations in workplaces around the globe. At the same time, we denounce the premature ending of this strike by the UAW and oppose the fraudulent agreement foisted upon the membership. On July 10, after 2,900 ...
Rank-and-file workers at the New River Valley plant, who have decisively rejected two UAW-backed sellout agreements, are demanding the immediate restoration of health benefits and mass picketing to stop the company’s strikebreaking operation.
With the United Auto Workers refusing to answer Nexteer workers’ questions about its purported contract ratification process, nothing about the five-year deal should be considered legitimate.
Workers are countering union threats of a prolonged strike with a call to prepare to for mass pickets, opening of the strike fund and unity with other workers struggles.