SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - COVID-19 has put the brakes on many fundraisers and group events, but as more get the vaccine and businesses start the process to get back to full capacity, events are also making a comeback.
One of those events returns in June. Heavenly Village in South Lake Tahoe is hosting its fourth Brewfest on June 19, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The cost is $30 per person which gives participants a wristband and commemorative glass to be filled up. A portion of the proceeds will go to support Christmas Cheer. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
Besides beer, there will be live music, spirits, kombucha, soda tasting, and live music in the Village.
Support grows among Volvo, Mack Truck workers for joint fight against UAW-backed concessions
After a courageous two-week strike by thousands of workers at Volvo Truck’s New River Valley (NRV) Assembly plant in Virginia was abruptly shut down by the United Auto Workers union last weekend without a vote, hostility to the UAW-backed concessionary tentative agreement is mounting.
NRV workers confront a well-rehearsed UAW sabotage effort aimed at imposing yet another sellout contract designed to lower labor costs and boost company profits.
Volvo pickets (Source: Facebook/Local 2069)
After extending the previous contract for 30 days while ignoring a 96.8 percent strike authorization vote, allowing the company time to stockpile trucks, the UAW grudgingly allowed an “unfair labor practices” strike to begin on April 16, faced with the overwhelming sentiment of workers for a fight to substantially improve wages and working conditions. However, the union maintained complete silence on
Reject UAW sellout at Volvo NRV! No contract, no work! Elect rank-and-file strike committee to expand strike and restore all UAW-backed concessions!
After two weeks on strike, nearly 3,000 workers at Volvo’s New River Valley heavy truck plant in Dublin, Virginia, abruptly received instructions from United Auto Workers Local 2069 leadership to quit their pickets at 6 a.m. this morning and prepare to work third shift on Sunday, May 2, claiming it has reached a tentative agreement with the company. This flagrantly anti-democratic shutdown of the strike is being pushed through, not only without a vote, but without the union releasing any details or even highlights. Workers will reportedly not be sent details on the agreement for another two weeks.
Striking Volvo workers in Virginia dig in for long battle as truck manufacturer announces Q1 profits
Nearly 3,000 workers at Volvo Trucks North America’s New River Valley (NRV) assembly plant in Dublin, Virginia have entered their second week on strike against the Sweden-based multinational. Although the corporate media has largely blacked out their struggle, striking workers are determined to win back wage and benefit concessions granted over the last three contracts by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
Striking Volvo workers (Source: Facebook UAW Local 2069)
Volvo Group reported higher first-quarter revenue and profits last Friday, as truck and construction equipment deliveries increased along with demand for other products and services. The company made $1 billion in profits in the first three months of 2021, compared with $560 million a year earlier. Truck deliveries rose to 52,444, from 44,765 during the same period in 2020, and construction equipment sales rose by 53 pe
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