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The Unifor bureaucracy suppressed the terms of the proposed contract until just before the vote, prevented workers from meeting in-person to discuss its terms, and only under rank-and-file pressure revealed that just 54 percent of voters backed the agreement, and without saying how many workers voted.
The agreement is manifestly a sellout, aimed at blocking the development of a united struggle of the more than 19,000 Detroit Three workers in Canada and their 150,000 US counterparts.
Throughout this strike. they've been eating rice and beans according to the "chicago tribune" just in case the strike doesn't end swiftly. they're supposed to rally on saturday. they're going to have a bargaining team, union will have a bargaining update friday as well. >> and if it all goes well and it's ratified and they work out -- still details worked out afterwrd, but they think they could have the kids back in the classrooms on monday, which would be great. >> yeah. that's for sure. and if you like sipping on the super-sized sodas, well, new york is not the place for you. seriously kin...