Volvo workers to UAW: Show us the contract!
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announced a new agreement with Volvo Trucks to end the strike of 2,900 workers in Dublin, Virginia.
Volvo workers can contact the Volvo Workers Rank-and-File Committee at
Release the full contract! Workers have the right to know what is in the tentative agreement!
The Volvo Workers Rank-and-File Committee demands that the UAW release the full tentative agreement to Volvo workers and give us 10 days to dig through the details.
The UAW claims that this contract contains “major gains” for workers. From what we have been able to determine from the highlights and various documents released so far, however, we see that it 1) includes significant increases in health care costs and wage increases that are far below soaring inflation levels, with no COLA escalator clause; 2) requires six years for new hires to reach top pay; and 3) reduces lump sum payments to less than what we have lost due to the strike.