MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
A steady stream of cars carrying voters visited the United Auto
Workers headquarters next to the Volvo Trucks North America plant
in Dublin on Wednesday.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
A marked coffin sits on the lawn of the United Auto Workers
headquarters across the street from the Volvo Trucks North America
plant in Dublin.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
Josh Shepherd, left, of Christiansburg, and Mary Snider, right,
of Pearisburg, started their strike shift after voting Wednesday
afternoon. The Volvo Trucks North America strike began June 7.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
Strikers have worn a dirt path in front of the United Auto
Jul 11, 2021
Volvo Trucks North America has worked to reduce the impact of a labor strike on its customers by completing trucks that were already in the build process, but has not been in full production for more than a month.
Volvo Trucks North America said Sunday it will resume truck production at its New River Valley (NRV) plant in Dublin, Virginia, even though a majority of its workforce remains on a labor strike.
United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2069 members rejected for the third time a new labor agreement Friday evening, extending a strike at NRV that has dragged on for five weeks.
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Striking UAW workers at Volvo truck plant reject third tentative deal
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A tentative agreement between Volvo Trucks North America and a union representing nearly 3,000 workers who have gone on strike twice this year at a southwest Virginia truck plant has been voted down, United Auto Workers officials announced Friday.
It was the third tentative labor accord rejected by union workers this year.
A UAW statement said workers at the company s tractor-trailer assembly plant in Dublin would continue their current walkout after rejecting the July 1 tentative pact.
“We appreciate the solidarity and support of the community as we continue to walk the picket line and work to negotiate a fair contract” for members of UAW Local 2069, said the UAW statement issued in Detroit.