After Strike, Workers Resoundingly Reject Contract at Volvo's Virginia Truck Plant
The 2,900 members of UAW Local 2069 hit the bricks April 17, shutting down the largest Volvo truck manufacturing facility in the world. But 13 days later many were dismayed when the union sent them back to work and said they would be told later what had been bargained. Over the weekend, workers voted by 91 percent to reject the tentative agreement. Photo: DelegateTara, Twitter. Update: On May 20 union officials brought back a second tentative agreement. Workers are organizing to again vote no and petitioning to recall top officers. Factory workers at a Volvo truck plant in southwest Virginia ...
Source: labornotes.org